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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Tag Archives: United States
The Scope of the Illinois Crisis
The New York Times is running an article in today’s edition that highlights just how poorly the state budget in Illinois has been managed: Payback Time : Illinois Stops Paying Its Bills, but Can’t Stop Digging Hole The article doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Government, Libraries, News, Politics
Tagged Business/Finance, Comptroller, Daniel Hynes, Government of Illinois, Illinois, Illinois Comptroller, library systems, The New York Times, The New York Times Co, Triage, United States
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Swine Flu Resources
I suspect that Swine Flu is likely to be a common research question for reference departments around the world during the foreseeable future. I have had an interest in the 1918 influenza epidemic pandemic for several years, and have spent … Continue reading
LibraryThing on the ARL Report
Research Libraries Clobber OCLC Policy is a title, and a descriptive one at that, for LibraryThing’s report of the ARL’s report on the OCLC licensing policy kerfluffle (I keep coming back to this word). It is, however, an interesting read, … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC
Tagged ARL, Dublin, LibraryThing, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Ohio, Tim Spaulding, United States
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Beautiful Library
The Open Library Environment (there will be a post on this project in the near future) recently met at Lehigh University’s Linderman Library in Bethlehem, PA. Pictures were taken and posted on Flickr. I especially love the stained glass skylight…
Posted in Groups, Libraries, Photography
Tagged Bethlehem, Lehigh University, Lehigh University's Linderman Library, Libraries, OLE project, Pennsylvania, Photography, United States
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Open Source Government
Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has been asked to write a paper for the Obama administration on the benefits of the United States government using open source software for improved security and lower cost. Yes. With the right software, … Continue reading
Posted in Government, News, Open Source, Software
Tagged co-founder, Obama administration, Open Source Government, Open Source Software, Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems, United States, United States government
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Papers of the War Department 1784-1800
Papers of the War Department : 1784 to 1800 is a searchable archive of documents from the early history of the United States that, until recently, were thought to have been irretrievably lost in a fire. Over the past decade, … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Government, History, Online Databases
Tagged Archives, Fire, History, United States, War Department
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OCLC License Policy – A Recommendation
I wrote a recommendation, on request, about the impact to my workplace of the OCLC license policy changes that are scheduled to start in February. I am posting an exerpt here, not because I feel it brings anything new to … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, Licensing, OCLC
Tagged Georgia Pines;, Licensing, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, United States
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Google Book Search Copyright Settlement
Google has reached a settlement with the group of publishers who filed suit in 2005 over the book digitization project. It is a legal document with many elements, and I cannot hope to make an overall evaluation of the agreement … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Fair Use, Google, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged beta product;, Book;, copyright law, electronic books, Fair Use, Fully Participating Library;, Google, Google Book Search Copyright Settlement;, Google Books, Higher Education Institution;, Librarian.net, researcher, United States, United States Congress
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The Great Influenza Pandemic
The Great Pandemic : The United States in 1918-1919 is a single resource on a specific topic, but it presents it very well. Created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it focuses on personal stories from influenza … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Government, Online Services
Tagged CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Haskell County, influenza, Kansas;, pandemic, United States
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Manual of Traffic Signs
One of my lesser known interests is road signs. I enjoy looking through various Rules of the Road sign pages, odd signs found on various roads, and pictures of road signs in foreign countries. Making sense of some of the … Continue reading
Free L’Amour
To celebrate the 100th birthday of Louis L’Amour, Bantam Books is providing a free copy of “Education of a Wandering Man : The Centennial Hardcover Edition” to any free lending library in the United States. found via the Unshelved blog
Posted in Books, Libraries, Promotions, Publishing
Tagged Bantam Books, Louis L\'Amour, United States
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Speed Writing
A couple of years ago I encountered some type of advertisement for a particular book. I don’t recall what the exact title was, but it was something along the lines of “The 2004 Outlook for Thingamajiggers in the United States.” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Publishing
Tagged Amazon.com, Author, particular author, Philip M. Parker, the Guardian, United States, USD
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Census Atlas of the United States
Census Atlas of the United States is the first publication of a “comprehensive atlas of population and housing produced by the Census Bureau since the 1920s.” The maps are beautiful and easy to use, although I doubt that an atlas … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Maps, Publishing, Web Design
Tagged Bureau of the Census, free online edition, United States, USD
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Perceptions 2007
Perceptions 2007: An International Survey of Library Automation contains the results of a survey conducted by Marshall Breeding. He explored the relationship between libraries and their Integrated Library Systems (ILS). The results are interesting. Without going into my own views … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged ILS, Integrated Library Systems, Marshall Breeding, Microsoft, Oracle, SQL, United States
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USA.gov Mobile
USA.gov Mobile is a great little search tool for government web pages and toll-free numbers (and it is well designed for your PC, even though it is made for mobile browsers). found via ResourceShelf
Posted in Government, Online Services, Search, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged government web pages, little search tool, United States
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Movers & Shakers 2008
Nope, the list hasn’t been announced yet. In fact, Library Journal is asking for nominations: The editors of Library Journal need your help in identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Our seventh annual Movers & Shakers supplement will profile … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Periodicals
Tagged Canada, Library Journal, online nomination form, United States
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OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a U.K.-based project that fulfills a great need: an open, collaborative mapping project. Ever find an error in MapQuest, Google Maps, or Yahoo Maps? Can’t do much about it, can you? OpenStreetMap will be able to be updated … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Government, Maps, Online Services, Open Access, Web Design
Tagged Google, Linux, U.S. Census Bureau, United States, Yahoo
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NIH and Public Access
There is a bill being voted upon by the U.S. Senate on October 15th which will potentially open up a great deal of research being done with National Institute of Health (NIH) funding. The bill will mandate that the public … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Government, Medical, News, Open Access, Politics, Science
Tagged library staff member, National Institute of Health, Peter Suber, Rick Mason, Senate, Senator, United States, United States Senate
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