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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
Web Tech Guy and Angry Staff Person
Web Tech Guy and Angry Staff Person (an exaggerated tale) is a video designed to be a provocative look at the arguments for opening library/museum data to web 2.0 social uses The video isn’t so much exaggerated as much as … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Library 2.0, Online Services, OPAC, Software, Web Design
Tagged Director of Web, Director of Web and New Media Strategy, disfunction, Library 2.0, Michael Edson, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Abram, Stephen's Lighthouse, Web 2.0, Web Design, Web Tech Guy
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MarcEdit 5.1 Update
Terry Reese has released an updated version of MarcEdit 5.1, and there are a few interesting additions: Improved support for Enterprise users (large organizations). Multiple Z39.50 querying capabilities. Tutorials hosted on YouTube. Improved UTF-8 loading (as in Faster). ‡biblios.net proof … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Software
Tagged Cataloging, Libraries, MarcEdit, Software, Terry Reese, YouTube, Z39.50
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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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Voice of the Kindle
The impending release of the Kindle 2 wireless reading device has been all over the news this week, accompanied by many reviews and commentaries. One response to a new feature strikes me as extreme, however: “Some publishers and agents expressed … Continue reading
Genogram Software
Had to do some research on free Genogram software, and thought I’d share a couple of programs here. Genograms are essentially family trees with metadata about relationships between people. The software does a great job with making family trees, and … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Software
Tagged geneology, genogram, Java, Microsoft Windows, Progeny, Software, software program
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Customize Firefox for Your Public Workstations
It’s a post that is months old, but the information is just as useful: Swiss Army Librarian has a guide for Using Firefox on Our Public Computers. If you have computers that restore themselves to a pre-determined state upon reboot, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged firefox, public computers, Software
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Michael Arrington Taking A Break
TechCrunch is a blog. A blog about technology startups. It is run by Michael Arrington, who is someone I consider to be a straight shooter. When evaluating a new technology, company, or service, he states what he feels about it, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Death, Software
Tagged Blogs, death threats, Michael Arrington, Michael Arrington Taking, straight shooter, TechCrunch, technology startups
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Fonterrific
A recent post, and the resulting discussion, on Metafilter has put me in a Unicode font frenzy. A few links of note from there and elsewhere: decodeunicode.org is a wiki-based collection of Unicode characters. You can browse as well as … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Language, Libraries, Online Databases, OPAC, Software, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged characters, fonts, ILS, Unicode, Unicode.org, Web Design
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Open Source Attitudes
Karen Coombs has a post on the Library Web Chic blog about getting feedback for a problem she was having with Drupal, an open source content management system. She points out, and rightly so, the fallacies that techies run into … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Library 2.0, Open Source, Software
Tagged content management system, Karen Coombs, Open Source, Software, Web Chic blog
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LibraryThing Partners Up
LibraryThing has partnered with Cambridge Information Group (Bowker, AquaBrowser, ProQuest, Serials Solutions, and RefWorks), though Tim Spaulding still retains a majority stake. This means that we will be seeing a lot more of LibraryThing for Libraries in the future (good … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, News, OPAC, Software, Web Design
Tagged Cambridge Information Group, Inc., LibraryThing, LibraryThing for Libraries, Serials Solutions, Serials Solutions Inc, Tim Spaulding
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Open Source Government
Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has been asked to write a paper for the Obama administration on the benefits of the United States government using open source software for improved security and lower cost. Yes. With the right software, … Continue reading
Posted in Government, News, Open Source, Software
Tagged co-founder, Obama administration, Open Source Government, Open Source Software, Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems, United States, United States government
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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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Ohio RFPs for Open Source
The State Library of Ohio has just released a Request For Proposal for an Open Source Statewide Resource Sharing System (Pdf). Their summary page (which will soon contain an F.A.Q.) states that The desired product would provide a seamless resource … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, OPAC, Open Source, Software
Tagged closest software;, disparate integrated library systems;, Equinox, Evergreen ILS, ILS, integrated library system, LibLime, Ohio, Open Source, Open Source The
State Library of Ohio;, resource sharing solution;, State Library of Ohio
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DSpace Reaches 500 Installations
DSpace, the open-source digital repository system, reached the 500 installation mark earlier this month. Earlier this year I did a bit of research on various repository solutions, and DSpace was the one I was most impressed with, and it seems … Continue reading
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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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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