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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: Wiki
ReadMe
ReadMe is a wiki containing Ask MetaFilter questions along the lines of “What should I read… ?” This can be a great resource for book clubs, reading groups, and for anyone looking for book recommendations for nearly any topic. I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Online Services, Wiki
Tagged Librarian.net, online community, reading
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LC and Open Data
Read this post on Thingology, the blog for LibraryThing, then check out the OpenBibliographicData petition on the Open Knowledge Foundation Wiki. If you agree with the petition, I urge you to create an account and add your name to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Libraries, OCLC, Open Access, Open Source, Wiki
Tagged Open Knowledge Foundation
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LibGuides
(Note regarding this post: When you read this post, be sure to read the comments as well. I did not state my case as well as I should, and end up sounding as though I don’t feel that LibGuides has as much value for libraries as … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged 2.0 technology, annual web hosting fee, blog
software, consultant, content management system, e-mail management, Facebook, few built-in tools, hosted web server, hosted web service, Instant Messaging, paid solutions, search pages, shared group calendar software, USD, virtual server, web design instructors, web presence, web server, XML
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The Right Way to Fix Inaccurate Wikipedia Articles
The Right Way to Fix Inaccurate Wikipedia Articles is the title of a Search Engine Land post by Durova, a Wikipedia administrator. Not only is it an intersting read, it allows one to see how those who help manage Wikipedia view … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Wiki
Tagged Durova, search engine, Wikipedia administrator
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The Open Library
The Open Library is a project I have been hoping for years that someone would start – an open source universal book catalog. Think WorldCat meets Wikipedia meets Amazon and you won’t be far off. So go to their demo … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Databases, Open Access, Open Source, Wiki
Tagged Alexis Rossi, demo site, Open Library
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Citizendium update
Some major updates to Citizendium, the wiki which is intended to become an authoratative wikipedia-type site, have been announced by Larry Sanger. He also summarized his own announcement here. found on Open Access News
Posted in Web Design, Wiki
Tagged authoratative wikipedia-type site, Larry Sanger
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Freebase article on OpenBusiness
Freebase is a new project which I described in a posting last March. OpenBusiness recently ran an interview on their blog with the sites founders. from Open Access News
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It’s a Wiki… It’s a Skymap…
It’s WikiSky! Ideal for answering the question “was that object in the western sky a star or planet?”, as well as many other star / constellation type questions. It also includes photographs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), which … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Online Databases, Open Access, Space, Wiki
Tagged Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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