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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
Open Source Survey
If you have a few minutes, answer a few questions for Nicole Engard, the Open Source Evangelist for Liblime (how’s that for a job title?). She is conducting an online survey because, in her words: “I am working on some … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged LibLime, Nicole Engard, online survey, Open Source, survey, technology
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NASA Needs A Library Solution (But So Do Libraries)
In a merging of two of my great interests, NASA has issued a Request For Information (ROI) on how best to “analyze and catalog notes from spaceflight pioneer Wernher von Braun into an electronic, searchable database or other system.“ At … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Classification, Government, History, Libraries, Library 2.0, News, Online Databases, Software, Space, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged library technology, library tools, NASA, pdf, Wernher von Braun
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HTML 5, Google Wave, and the Future of the Web
Amidst a great many other topics, HTML 5 has been on my mind the past couple of weeks. It started on Tuesday, May 26th, with Kevin Yank posting HTML 5 : Now or Never? on the SitePoint blog. He was … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Google, Groups, Libraries, Library 2.0, News, Online Services, Open Source, Publishing, Web Design
Tagged collaboration mash-up tool, Facebook, FaceBook/Twitter/Blogging, Google, html, Kevin Yank, Libraries, online meetings, Online Services, Open Source, Sergey Brin, Twitter, Web Amidst, Web Design, web presences
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Information Streams
Eric Shonfeld at TechCrunch writes: “Once again, the Internet is shifting before our eyes. Information is increasingly being distributed and presented in real-time streams instead of dedicated Web pages. The shift is palpable, even if it is only in its … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Software, Web Design
Tagged Blogs, dedicated Web pages, Digg, Eric Shonfeld, Facebook, html, internet usage, internet use trends, library web site, must-have library web site technology, RSS, streams, TechCrunch, Twitter, web presence, Wiki
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Wolfram Alpha
Wolfram|Alpha is a new type of internet resource that has just gone “live”. Many are calling it a new type of “search engine”, which it technically is, but it isn’t a search engine in the way we are used to … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Software
Tagged answer engine, Illinois, Infochimps, internet resource, Mathematica, search engine, The World According to Garp, Wolfram, Wolfram Alpha
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Useful Lists to Browse
This post will contain just a couple of links, but there is a wealth of information on the other end of each: 101 Great Free Sites and Downloads You’ve Probably Never Heard Of has been put together by PC World. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Licensing, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Blogs, creative commons, downloads, media, media resources, PC World, Software, web developers
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Oracle buys Sun
Oracle has purchased Sun Microsystems. This is significant on many levels. Many of our library systems run on software or hardware from these companies. The Voyager library I used to work for used an Oracle database running on a Sun … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Blogs, Cataloging, ILS, Libraries, News, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Wiki
Tagged closed source software, III, ILS, internet software programs, Java, JavaScript, library systems, Millennium, MySQL, OpenOffice.org, OpenSolaris, Oracle, Oracle Corporation, software rights, Sun Microsystems, Sun Solaris, technology world, Voyager, Voyager library, web-based software platforms
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Open Source ILS and Technical Services
For those interested in Open Source Integrated Library Systems such as Koha, Evergreen, Open Library Environment Project (OLE), OpenBiblio, etc., the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) will be holding an e-forum on April 21st and 22nd. From … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Cataloging, Groups, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged ALA, ALCTS, ALCTS CRS Acquisitions Committee, Association for Library Collections, Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, Clint Chamberlain, e-forum, Evergreen, ILS, inflexible systems, koha, OLE project, Open Source, Open Source Integrated Library Systems, OpenBiblio, Rob Van Rennes, University of Iowa Libraries, University of Texas Libraries
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Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies
The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies is a British site “established by Jane Hart as a place to keep track of learning trends, technologies and tools.” Most impressive, at first glance, are the lists of free tools and resources: … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Training, Translation
Tagged Centre for Learning, Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies, Education, Jane Hart, Libraries, resources, Software, Training
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Document Freedom Day!
Today is the second annual celebration of Document Freedom Day! So why are open document formats important? What happens when someone sends you a document created with Microsoft Word 2007, and saved with the default file format? You get a … Continue reading
Posted in Groups, Licensing, News, Open Source, Software
Tagged Director, Document Freedom Day, Go-Oo, Kent State University, Kent State University Trumbull Campus Library, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, ODF, Open Document Format (ODF), open formats, OpenOffice.org, Rose Guerrieri
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Strategic Thinking Guide for Academic Librarians in the New Economy
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has issued a new report titled Strategic Thinking Guide for Academic Librarians in the New Economy (pdf). It joins the growing chorus of reports that indicate that we are in for a … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Uncategorized
Tagged ACRL, economy, Libraries, Open Source, self-hosted solutions, Web 2.0
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Library Automation Information
It is nearly time for Marshall Breeding’s annual Automation Systems Marketplace report, published in the April 1st edition of Library Journal. This is as comprehensive and informative a report on the software we use to organize and present our collections … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Software, Statistics
Tagged lib-web-cats, Libraries, Library Journal, Marshall Breeding, online database, software packages, Statistics
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