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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Online Services
Zotero 1.5
Zotero 1.5 Beta has been released! When I attended OneBigLibrary Unconference last summer, Trevor Owens gave a talk (un-talk?) on this version of Zotero and some of the new features and ideas that would be part of it (my post … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, onebiglibrary, Online Services, Open Source, Software
Tagged beta, library services;, library software, onebiglibrary, Peter Murray, Trevor Owens, Zotero
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Media-Morphosis
Media-Morphosis : How the Internet will Devour, Transform, or Destroy Your Favorite Medium is an essay by Cory Doctorow on Internet Evolution. Think of it as another way of describing the times in which we are living. Then start thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Books, Cory Doctorow, Internet Evolution, media, Periodicals
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Open Solutions for Libraries
Open Solutions for Libraries Gain Momentum is an article on Information Today which gives an excellent overview of the current state of library data and sharing. Not only does it present the current struggle with OCLC’s licensing efforts with a … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Licensing, OCLC, Online Services
Tagged biblios.net, LibLime, Licensing, OCLC, Open Library
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May You Live in Interesting Financial Times
If you have been concerned about the possible effects of the global financial crisis on libraries, you aren’t alone. The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) has issued a statement that is not only short, succinct, and dire, but also … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Groups, Libraries, Licensing, News, Online Databases, Online Services
Tagged consortia, Illinois, International Coalition of Library Consortia, Libraries, library consortia, Ohio, Online Databases, Online Services
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SitePoint Reference
SitePoint Reference is an online guide with a wealth of information on web design. Divided into three sections, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, it is a great place to find that bit of information you need while designing or editing a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Online Services, Web Design
Tagged css, html, JavaScript, online guide, SitePoint, Web Design
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NYT Best Sellers API
The New York Times Blog announced today that they have released an API for their Best Sellers list. Library programmers should jump on this. Imagine being able to display information about an item’s rankings – dates, placement, etc. – in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Web Design
Tagged API, Best Sellers, Books, Google, New York Times Blog, NYT Best Sellers API The New York Times, OPAC, Steve Toub, The New York Times
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SciTopics
Add another “knowledge-sharing resource” to your reference grab-bag: SciTopics, a free, searchable collection of over 600 science topic (hence Scitopics) pages, has just been officially lauched by Elsevier after a lengthy beta. This is one of those resources that is … Continue reading
LucidChart
LucidChart is a free (with a premium option), web-based flowchart creation tool. It appears to be quite easy to use, yet very professional. If you are looking for software to install on your PC, remember that OpenOffice (or Go-Oo) offer … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Open Source, Software
Tagged flowchart, Go-Oo, Microsoft, OpenOffice, Web 2.0, web-based flowchart creation tool;
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A Look Back, A Look Ahead
2008 was an uncertain year for Libraryland. Ideas and tools abound for how we can do more with what we have, and we are becoming more aware of what it is we have : data and the systems to organize … Continue reading
Posted in Google, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, OCLC, Online Services, OPAC, Open Access, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged forecasts, Google, higher-level software;, internet use;, Libraries, OCLC, office software, social networking features, USD
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Middlespot Search Interface
Think of Middlespot as a Zotero-like organization tool for web searches. Perform a search, and you have several ways to explore the search results, as well as saving collections of results in what they call a “Workpad”. The fastest way … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Search, Tutorials, WebSearch
Tagged Google, Middlespot, search results, web searches, Zotero
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Typalyzer
Typalyzer is a simple, straightforward tool that accepts the web address of a blog, then analyzes the contents to determine which of the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types best describes it. Libology comes out as INTJ, which seems fairly close to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Online Services
Tagged Blogs, INTJ, Myers-Briggs, straightforward tool, web address;
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openDesktop.org
Looking for a particular type of software, and thinking that you would like to see what open source options are out there? openDesktop.org describes itself as “a network of portals and community websites for open source and free software projects” … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Open Source, Software
Tagged free software projects, Linux, Mac, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Windows
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A Useful Amplification
A Useful Amplification of Records That Are Unavoidably Needed Anyway is an essay by Brett Bonfield which, dare I phrase it this way, usefully amplifies several of the major web-based entities which are intertwined with libraries. These include (but aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Definitions, Libraries, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Amazon, Brett Bonfield, Libraries, LibraryThing, OCLC, web-based entities;, Worldcat
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WebAnywhere
Whether you are a web designer, or just want to test a given web page (your OPAC, for instance?) for accessibility, WebAnywhere is a great web-based resource. What it is, simply put, is a screen reader that works within your … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, OPAC, Software, Web Design
Tagged given web page;, OPAC, screen reader, web designer, web-based resource;
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OCLC Proposed Policy Text
As an accompaniment to this and this, I am including the text of OCLC’s proposed policy which was posted briefly yesterday before being removed and replaced with “We are reconsidering some aspects of the policy. More information will be available … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC
Tagged cataloging services, Governing Member, Non-OCLC Member, OCLC, OCLC Member, OCLC Member and Non-OCLC Member, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc., OCLC Records Use Policy, Ohio, United States of America;, Z39.50
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OCLC WorldCat is the Tiger, not the Lady?
OCLC released their updated Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records yesterday, with implementation scheduled for mid-February. If you see the phrase We are reconsidering some aspects of the policy. More information will be available in the near future. … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Copyright, ILS, Libraries, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC
Tagged cataloging services, Georgia, Illinois, Licensing, Major, Major League Baseball, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Ohio, Union Catalogs, USD, Worldcat
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Social Networks and College Students
The 2008 ECAR (EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research) survey has been released, and they have added a section on social networking (pdf version of chapter here). Among the findings: Slightly over 85% of those surveyed use social networks, with Facebook … Continue reading
International Music Score Library Project
The International Music Score Library Project is a great concept: a collection of public domain musical scores made freely available to musicians, composers, and everyone else as well! Note also that the site was built using MediaWiki software. found via … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Wiki
Tagged music, public domain, scores, Wiki
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Text Yourself from the OPAC
I am playing catch-up in many areas right now, and as a result there hasn’t been as much activity here. Hopefully the time of less activity has reached a middle… An interesting new feature that has begun to appear in … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, OPAC, Web Design
Tagged cellular telephone, III, Innovative Interfaces Inc, Iowa City Public Library, SMS, The Shifted Librarian
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