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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: Libraries
A Useful Amplification
A Useful Amplification of Records That Are Unavoidably Needed Anyway is an essay by Brett Bonfield which, dare I phrase it this way, usefully amplifies several of the major web-based entities which are intertwined with libraries. These include (but aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Definitions, Libraries, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Amazon, Brett Bonfield, Libraries, LibraryThing, OCLC, web-based entities;, Worldcat
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The Library and the Bazaar
The Library and the Bazaar is an essay by Greer Hauptman that discusses copyright options, libraries, and the freedom to read. Of note is his argument that with greater control being exerted by publishers over access to content (think e-journals) … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Copyright, e-books;, e-journals, freedom to read, Greer Hauptman, Libraries, Open Access
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Blogs in the Liblog Landscape
Walt Crawford has posted his list of 607 library-related blogs (this one included). This is as definitive and current a list as one is likely to find, and Walt has done an excellent job compiling and checking the links. If … Continue reading
Been There, Done That
Male library assistants, you are probably familiar with this experience… (I was announced this way when I attended a (non-library) administrative assistant workshop as the only male participant, once… memories!)
Check Out My Cool New Sweater
When Tears for Fears created a video for their song Head Over Heels way back in the 1980s, they used a library for the set. The lyrics, however, had nothing to do with libraries. This has been corrected: thanks to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries
Tagged head over heels, Humor, Libraries, music video, Oxford, song Head, tears for fears
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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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Library Blogs
Walt Crawford (“The Library Voice of the Radical Middle”) has created a list of nearly 600 library-related blogs. It is interesting to scan the list and marvel at how many are unknown to me. I suspect that I could spend … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged Blogs, Libraries, library blogs
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Everything is Still Local
In February, I wrote about the shootings at Northern Illinois University, which happened about 100 yards away from a former co-worker (and current friend). I stressed that until something like this happens in your community, it seems remote and somehow … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Death, Libraries, News
Tagged Death, Librarian.net, Libraries, murder, Northern Illinois University, shootings
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