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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: Web Design
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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Readability
Readability is quite simply one of the easiest-to-use and effective usability aids I have seen in quite a while. Follow the link, set the controls for your most comfortable reading style, drag the “Readability” button to your bookmark toolbar, and … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Web Design
Tagged accessibility, Online Services, Readability, Web Design
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Library Web Site of the Future
The Library Web Site of the Future, written by Steven J. Bell, is yet another essay about what is wrong with library web sites, and yet it is not just another essay… It is a strong critique that touches upon … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Web Design
Tagged library web sites, OPAC, social networking, Steven J. Bell, Web Design
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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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Upgrades Big and Small
A post on the Unshelved Blog reminds me of the varying philosophies towards upgrading web sites. In the post, Bill discusses how much easier it is to make incremental changes to their site fairly often, rather than a major overhaul … Continue reading
Posted in Web Design
Tagged home remodeling, incremental changes to their site, Unshelved, Web Design
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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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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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Microformats + RDF + CSS = Semantic Richness
Add Symantic Richness To Your Markup With (RDF) Ease is the title of an article on SitePoint that delves into a topic I find fascinating, yet have only dabbled in in my own website creations. Microformats are one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Web Design
Tagged css, microformats, online collections, OPAC, RDF, semantic web, Web Design
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New Theme
Not a huge deal, but I just changed the theme of this blog to slight, which was created by Thematology. There are several reasons for this change, including: Wanting a theme that would fit better with the Libology logo (forthcoming) … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, News, Web Design
Tagged Blog, Libology, themes, Web Design, WordPress
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HotStuff 2.0
HotStuff 2.0 is described by its creator, Dave Pattern, as “an automatically updated blog… [in which] a daily blog post is generated using a single word that has seen a marked increase in usage over the last few days.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Language, Libraries, Library 2.0, Web Design
Tagged Blogs, Dave Pattern, Libology, Library, Words
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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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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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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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Annenberg Media Streaming Video
The Annenberg Media website at learner.org is a resource that offers on-demand streaming video for “schools, colleges, libraries, public broadcasting stations, public access channels, and other community agencies”. These are top-notch programs, several which I recognize as having been used … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Language, Libraries, Online Services, Politics, Science, Video, Web Design
Tagged Annenberg Media, Education, History, Libraries, Microsoft Windows, streaming video
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Book Covers and Copyright
I missed this last month, but a post on the LibraryLaw Blog suggests that book jackets may be protected under a clause in the copyright law aimed for advertisements and commentaries. found via LISNews
Posted in Books, Copyright, ILS, Libraries, Web Design
Tagged book covers, copyright law
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Google Chrome
Exciting news in the browser wars: Google is releasing has released a beta version of a web browser that it is calling Chrome. Why does this matter? The open-source browser will feature: Every tab running in isolation from the other … Continue reading
Posted in Google, ILS, News, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Chrome, Google, online software, screen capture;, web applications, web browser, web browsers;, web version;
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