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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: Software
Eudora to be based on Thunderbird
In the news today: Eudora, the e-mail client that has been around since the late 1980’s, will soon be based on the Mozilla Thunderbird source and released as an open-source project. The reason behind this is that Qualcomm, the owner … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Software
Tagged owner, Qualcomm, software projects, wireless technology
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Gentium – a typeface for the nations
This isn’t a new discovery, but I found myself recommending the Gentium typeface to someone this morning, and thought it made sense to post it as well. Gentium is easy to read, especially when printed out. It can sometimes look … Continue reading
Media Convert
Need to convert a file? Whether it be word processing, image, audio, or video, Media Convert handles most of the file formats you know, and many you probably have never heard of! This service is web-based, so it is available … Continue reading
Common Cartridge – a standard for learning management software
It has been announced that a group consisting of publishers and course software makers have created a standard format for online classes called Common Cartridge, which promises to allow electronic resources to be used interchangeably within different learning management software. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Open Access, Open Source, Software, Training, Web Design
Tagged learning management software, McGraw-Hill, online classes, open source course software makers, Pearson, software makers, software programs
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Google Gadgets
Google has opened up their gadget library of over 1200 gadgets to the general web. Gadgets are user made code that were originally designed to customize people’s Google Personalized Homepages, but they are now available for anyone who wants to … Continue reading
SearchMash: it may not look like Google…
… but it most certainly is! SearchMash.com is a new search engine that looks only a little like Google, but don’t let that fool you. It is a testbed for new innovations from the popular search engine company. Try it … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Search, Software, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged Google, search engine
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Zotero – Public Release Day set
Zotero, the software project I am waiting for, won’t keep us waiting much longer: the Public Release Date has been set for Thursday, October 5th. One slight hitch: it requires Firefox 2.0 (I have been staying on 1.5.0.7 for the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged One Big Library
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Songbird upgrade
The Songbird project has gone to version 0.2! This means that many, many features still do not work, but many, many features do work, and they work great! This is to be a full-fledged media player built on the same … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Software, Video
Tagged built-from-scratch software, media player
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One Small Step…
When I listen to the audio of Neil Armstrong’s words during the first moon landing, I have heard the “a” ever since I found out that it was what he meant to say. Whether that was wishful thinking, or if … Continue reading
Posted in Software, Space
Tagged All Things Considered, Neil Armstrong
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An example of where Open Source could have helped…
NASA recently made 1100 Apollo-era documents, including Mission Reports (I have read several, and they are truly fascinating to those interested in manned spaceflight), Evaluation Reports, Scientific Studies, and Interviews, available on a DVD-ROM, calling it the Lunar e-Library. Fantastic! … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Software, Space
Tagged National Aeronautics and Space Administration, open source software world, restrictive software license, software license
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Innovate
The current issue (November/December 2006) of Innovate – Journal of Online Education is focused on Open Source and Open Access in higher education. There are several articles of interest in to those looking to add or expand offerings in online … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Open Access, Open Source, Software
Tagged Journal of Online Education;, online education
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Open Of Course
There is a relatively new site for online learning called Open Of Course, which offers a variety of tutorials and such for no cost (except your time and effort). Included among their offerings are tutorials on administering and using Linux … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Open Access, Open Source, Software, Training, Tutorials, Web Design
Tagged Linux, online learning, php, Ubuntu, Web Design
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Semantic Indexing Project
A group at Middlebury College is working on open-source search tools that, rather than rely on keywords, attempt to deal with the query semantically. The Semantic Indexing Project goes beyond the “Ask Jeeves” (don’t you kind of miss him?) experience, … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Open Source, Search, Software, WebSearch
Tagged desktop search appliance, Middlebury College, open-source search, speech recognition
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Siderian Faceted Search at LII
Librarians’ Internet Index has installed the Siderian faceted search appliance, and it is a fantastic experience. Think “results clustering”, but more librarian-friendly. Don’t take my word for it, go there and try out a search or two. An excellent way … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Search, Software
Tagged Internet Index, search appliance
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Zotero review
Daniel Chudnov, aka One Big Library has a review of the private beta version of Zotero, and man, does he like it! I am very eager to see what this piece of software can do! Watch for the public beta … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged aka
One Big Library, aka
One Big Library, Daniel Chudnov
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Firefox 2, Release Candidate 1
The next generation Firefox browser is one step closer to general release. Release candidates mean that they still expect to find a few bugs, but that they will be fewer and less obtrusive. In other words, if you want to … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Release Candidate
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OpenOffice.org to get extension capabilities
OpenOffice.org, the open source office suite that gives Microsoft Office a run for it’s money (no pun intended), will soon be able to have its features expanded by the use of Extensions. Extensions are small, add-on programs created by developers … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Google, html, Microsoft, web design projects
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Microsoft Works, free on the web?
I think it is a sign of just how much of an impact open source software and free web applications are having on the tech world: Microsoft is thinking of turning it’s Works Suite into a free web application. A … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Software, Web Design
Tagged basic word processing, free web application, free web applications, free web apps, Google, impact open source software, Microsoft, ThinkFree Office, Works Suite
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Zoho Quickread Plugin
An interesting add-on for both Internet Explorer and Firefox: The Zoho Writer Quickread Plugin. Zoho Writer is one of the web-based word processors that have been cropping up lately. The Quickread plugin alllows one to read Microsoft Word documents within … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Software, Web Design
Tagged Internet Explorer, Microsoft, web-based word processors, word processing, Zoho Writer
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