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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Tag Archives: librarian
The Matter of the Master’s
I’ve had some differences of opinion with Will Manley over the years, most specifically his seeming distain for Movers & Shakers, but his current column regarding the reduced impact of the Masters of Library Science degree hits fairly close to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries
Tagged librarian, Library and information science, Movers & Shakers;
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How to Respond to Bad Press, continued
In a post a few days ago I referred to a letter written by Mary A. Dempsey, Commissioner for the Chicago Public Library, as a response to a Fox Chicago News story that asked Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Government, Groups, History, Libraries, News, Online Services
Tagged Anna Davlantes, Anthony Bourdain, Author, California State Library, Chicago, Chicago Public Library, city services, Commissioner, DC, Digital media, e-book, Education, English as a second language, Google Books Library Project, Harold Washington Library Center, hour Internet sessions, Illinois, job search assistance, journalist, librarian, Library, Library and information science, Library Board, Library Board of Directors, MacArthur Foundation, marketing, Mary A. Dempsey, online information, online research collections, pdf, Public Library, School library, Science, Talking Book Center, the Ravinia Music Festival, USD, Walter Cronkite, Washington, WFLD
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Tragic Death
It has been a long time since I worked there, and I highly doubt that I would recognize or be recognized by anyone currently on staff, but the news of the tragic death of a librarian from the Brookfield Public … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Libraries, News
Tagged Brookfield Public Library, Condolences, Death, librarian, News
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Inspirational Library-related StoryCorps
This morning I heard one of the most inspirational library-related stories I have encountered. It was a StoryCorps segment on NPR’s Morning Edition radio program, and I feel that everyone who works in libraries should listen to it, if only … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Books, Ethics, History, Libraries
Tagged Ethics, Human Interest, librarian, Morning Edition, NPR, NPR's Morning Edition, StoryCorp
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Ohio Libraries Update
A few items of note to update yesterday’s post: The Library is Now Closed (a.k.a. Shuttered Library) is a blog created by an Ohio librarian named Mike (didn’t see a last name) which is compiling links to a vast amount … Continue reading
Internet Resources Newsletter
The Internet Resources Newsletter is a British online publication listing items of interest for “academics, students, engineers, scientists and social scientists.” They should add librarian to that list, because there are quite a few excellent resources in this month’s issue … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Services
Tagged academic, engineer, Internet Resources Newsletter, Internet Resources Newsletter The
Internet Resources Newsletter, librarian, online publication listing items, scientist, social science, student
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Does a Degree a Librarian Make?
The debate has been going on for years, and has recently flared up again on PUBLIB : Does a person need the MLIS degree to do the work of a librarian? LISNews has decided to take a poll (and encourage … Continue reading
DeKalb and the Changeling
Always be aware of your local history, and keep an eye on popular culture. My former stomping ground of DeKalb, Illinois played a pivotal part in the real-life tragedy that inspired the recently-released movie “Changeling“. Kudos to historian Phyllis Kelley … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Changeling;, Chicago Tribune, Daily Chronicle;, historian, Illinois, librarian, Patsy Lundberg;, Phyllis Kelley;, the Chicago Tribune
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Librarians, Sarah Palin, and Fact Checking (oh my!)
Jessamyn has the best overview of the Sarah Palin / Librarian debate that I have seen so far. The key to this, and to any other emotionally charged story, is to check your facts, and remember that everyone gets it … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News, Politics
Tagged Bankruptcy, Fact Checking;, librarian, New York Times, Sarah Palin, UAL;, United Airlines
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Google Librarian Central
After more than a year, there has been a bit of activity at the Google Librarian Central site, though not what was hoped for when I heard that they were preparing an update. What they announced in a post titled … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Google, Libraries, Library 2.0, News
Tagged Google, Google Librarian Central, librarian, Web 2.0, web form submission
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If it quacks like a librarian…
This post by The Limnal Librarian is, simply put, a must for everyone to read and understand (even if you don’t agree). I worked in a pharmacy as a technician for 8 years. There were great, and not so great, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries
Tagged Dean Giustini, Director, librarian, Library Journal, pharmacist, technician, The Limnal Librarian, Tim Spaulding
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Day of the Blog
This will be the eighth post today, possibly a record. Not that I was trying… there were just too many interesting bloggable items, and for once there was enough time to post them all. In addition, and the purpose of … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged good search tool, keyword search tool, librarian, search box, search tool, web browser
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Copyfraud
The topic of Copyfraud has been on my mind for the past few months. It is interesting how once you start noticing something relatively subtle, you can reach a point where you start seeing it all the time. This has … Continue reading
OCLC acquires EZProxy
EZProxy, the proxy server created by a librarian for libraries, has been acquired by OCLC. OCLC has been doing some interesting things in the past couple of years… and indications are they will be doing even more in the next … Continue reading
Couch Potato
You have probably noticed the story in the news, but did you know that the winner of the ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch Potato Competition is a librarian from Manhattan? from LISNews
List o’ Library Links
The following links were posted to the Web4Lib listserv by S.Sripriya, a librarian for a dental college in Bangalore. There are quite a few good links, many of them Indian-related, and I thought it was worth it to just post the whole shebang: … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Services
Tagged Bangalore, Congress, France, India, librarian, library network, Library of Congress, Library of Congress Office, National Library of France, New Delhi, Ohio, online library, S.Sripriya, State Library of Ohio, The Library of Congress Office, Web Listing, Web Sites Information
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Buddy is Real
In what has to be one of the most interesting comments without clarification in an interview, “Gene Ambaum”, co-creator of the Unshelved comic, states that Buddy the Book Beaver is real. How much of him is real? His checkered past? … Continue reading
Google Custom Search Engine
The Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) has just been made easier to set up and use. The brief summary: create a page of links to web resources you feel are useful and appropriate for a given topic. Via Google, you … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Online Services, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged Google, librarian, search engine, search tool, web resources
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