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Register to Vote on Libology

Posted on 2 September 2012 by Rick Mason

The Democratic National Committee recently released code that allows websites to offer streamlined voter registration pages through a Ruby on Rails interface. The Obama campaign quickly modified that code to make it even easier to embed in nearly any website. … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Libraries, Online Services, Politics, Software, Web Design | Tagged elections, html, Politics, Ruby on Rails, Technology/Internet, Voter registration | Comments Off

Unicorn Validator

Posted on 5 August 2010 by Rick Mason

Unicorn, W3C’s unified validation service, is live. As someone who has found the W3C html, css and feed validators to be valuable tools in web design, the merging of the three tools into one interface is a terrific step. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Library 2.0, News, Online Services, Web Design | Tagged Cascading Style Sheets, html, Markup languages, Technology/Internet, Validator, W3C Markup Validation Service, Web Design, web standards, World Wide Web, World Wide Web Consortium, XML | 1 Comment

A Brief History of Markup

Posted on 14 July 2010 by Rick Mason

I just received my copy of the newly-published HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith, and remembered that the first chapter is available online. It is a quick and interesting read, no matter how involved in web design. In fact, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Books, Groups, History, Library 2.0, Web Design | Tagged Books, Groups, History, html, HTML5, Jeremy Keith, Technology/Internet, Web Design, web designers | Comments Off

Upgrade

Posted on 17 June 2010 by Rick Mason

Libology has upgraded to WordPress 3.0, which is a significant jump ahead in standards and features. One of the most interesting, for me, will be support for HTML 5. I have also switched to the Twenty-Ten theme, as it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, News, Open Source, Software, Web Design | Tagged blog software, Computing, Content management systems, Digital media, html, Human Interest, PHP programming language, Technology/Internet, WordPress, World Wide Web | Comments Off

Mash-Up the OPAC

Posted on 16 March 2010 by Rick Mason

ILS user groups can be one of the greatest sources of tips, tricks and inspiration for tech-oriented library staff. There was a recent discussion on the Innovative User’s Group that has led to an interesting way to embed various media … Continue reading →

Posted in Cataloging, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Software, Tutorials, Video, Web Design, XML | Tagged Cataloging, html, HTML element, Innovative, Marc, Millennium, OPAC, RSS, Technology/Internet, ticTOCs, TOC, Web Design | 3 Comments

Trends in the WebSphere

Posted on 6 July 2009 by Rick Mason

A couple of news items that signal trends in the way the web will evolve: Internet Explorer has lost a significant amount of market share recently. This is good news in a couple of ways. First, it signals growing diversity … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Open Source, Software, Web Design | Tagged Apple, Chrome, firefox, Google, html, HTML 5, IE6, IE7, IE8, Internet Explorer, Markup languages, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Technology/Internet, web browser, web browsers;, web standards, XHTML, XHTML 2 | Comments Off

Why HTML 5

Posted on 5 June 2009 by Rick Mason

This has been a busy week; so much so that the previous post, HTML 5, Google Wave, and the Future of the Web was started last weekend, with some editing and additions each day, and them actually posted yesterday. Note … Continue reading →

Posted in Online Services, Web Design | Tagged Google, html, HTML 5, Web Design, web developers, web standards, XHTML | Comments Off

HTML 5, Google Wave, and the Future of the Web

Posted on 4 June 2009 by Rick Mason

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 | Comments Off

Information Streams

Posted on 17 May 2009 by Rick Mason

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 | Comments Off

Social Backrub

Posted on 31 March 2009 by Rick Mason

This is just one of my passing thoughts, which I suspect is understood by many, but not necessarily expressed this way: Google’s PageRank is, for all practical purposes, a form of social networking applied to the concept of a particular … Continue reading →

Posted in Google, Search, Web Design, WebSearch | Tagged Google, html, PageRank, social networking, Web Design | Comments Off

SitePoint Reference

Posted on 27 January 2009 by Rick Mason

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 | Comments Off

What I Use – 2009

Posted on 3 January 2009 by Rick Mason

I thought I’d try something new and summarize the software that I use on a regular basis. I have been thinking about this, as I have recently switched from one software program to another in a couple of areas, and … Continue reading →

Posted in ILS, Open Source, Software, Web Design | Tagged advocate, basic WYSIWYG designer, firewall;, Google, html, Internet Explorer, internet-connected computer;, Leopard, Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, much software;, notebook computer;, online applications, Open Source, operating systems, Search Bar, Software, text editor, Ubuntu, USD, web developer, Windows XP, year web hosting service; | Comments Off

SOPAC 2.0 @ Darien Library

Posted on 1 September 2008 by Rick Mason

After much anticipation, version 2.0 of the Social Opac (SOPAC) went live this morning at the Darien Library in Connecticut. It looks very good… excellent, in fact. I am already looking forward to playing with this version of the software. … Continue reading →

Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, News, OPAC, Open Source, Software, Web Design | Tagged Connecticut, Darien Library, html, John Blyberg, search result page, SOPAC | Comments Off

Creative III Shelf Browse Hack

Posted on 13 August 2008 by Rick Mason

Saw a shelf browse created for an Innovative (III) OPAC that is quite neat. It lives on a development site for the Cambridge Public Library in Ontario, Canada and integrates Syndetic Solutions book covers into a pseudo-shelf listing. Here is … Continue reading →

Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Software, Web Design | Tagged API, Cambridge Public Library, Canada, html, III, Innovative Interfaces Inc, Mike Cunningham, Ontario, Syndetic Solutions;, web presence | Comments Off

Berkeley Accord

Posted on 11 April 2008 by Rick Mason

ILS Basic Discovery Interfaces, a.k.a the Berkeley Accord In what may turn out to be a historically significant event in the history of library tech, a group called the ILS Discovery Task Force has generated an outline detailing what amounts … Continue reading →

Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, OCLC, Search, Software, Web Design | Tagged API, California Digital Library, Eric Leese Morgan, html, ILS Discovery Task Force, Innovative Interfaces Inc, Internet Explorer, online search tool, Polaris Library Systems, Search, search technology | Comments Off

Announcing Scriblio on Libology

Posted on 30 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Libology’s Scriblio installation. Scriblio, the open-source Library OPAC that runs on a WordPress installation, has been installed on Libology. Several notes about this software installation: The library catalog contained within this installation of Scriblio is Capital University’s, located in Columbus, … Continue reading →

Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Open Source, Software, Web Design | Tagged Author, Capital University, Casey Bisson, Columbus, html, installation of Scriblio, Lampson Library, Libology Libology's Scriblio installation, Libology\'s Scriblio installation, Ohio, php, Plymouth State University, Plymouth State University's Lampson Library;, Scriblio, Scriblio installation, software installation, WordPress installation | Comments Off

GRDDL

Posted on 18 September 2007 by Rick Mason

GRDDL, a new recommendation from the W3C, is short for “Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages”, a means by which software can extract semantic information from a variety of web pages. In other words, rather than having to rely … Continue reading →

Posted in Search, Software, Web Design, WebSearch | Tagged html, RDF | Comments Off

Texty

Posted on 13 August 2007 by Rick Mason

Texty is an online editor for creating and editing html. Type (or cut/paste) your content, and Texty generates the html for you. It is a simple, straightforward tool that does one thing very well. Sometimes that is exactly what one … Continue reading →

Posted in Online Services, Web Design | Tagged html, online editor, online editor for creating and editing html, straightforward tool | Comments Off

Library 2.0 : Ken Varnum – RSS Basics and Beyond

Posted on 16 June 2007 by Rick Mason

Ken Varnum – RSS Basics and Beyond : Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most out of Syndicated Content. (PowerPoint) (Handout) Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Data format: RSS, RDF, Atom, etc. data interchange (sharing) : syndication – think of what … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, OSUL2007, Web Design | Tagged Adobe, blog software, Browser, Computer, Google, html, Ken Varnum, Perl, php, Reuters, Ruby, search databases, web web page, web web page, webblog software, Yahoo | Comments Off

Library 2.0 : Chad Boeninger – Wikis in Libraries

Posted on 15 June 2007 by Rick Mason

Chad Boeninger – Wikis in Libraries : Enhancing Services, Promoting Sources, and Building Community (Powerpoint) Chad started off with a show of hands – what type of librarian’s were in the audience, including media specialists. He went on to define … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, OSUL2007 | Tagged Chad Boeninger, Choose software, html, media specialists, Ohio University, php, Scholarly software, Their library | Comments Off

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