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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: USD
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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How to Respond to Bad Press
Mary A. Dempsey, Commissioner for the Chicago Public Library, responded exceptionally well to a story on Fox Chicago News that suggested that the $120 million spent on the library was a waste, given the amount of information on the internet … Continue reading
Wiley Inflexibility
A post on the SERIALST list yesterday by Linda Hulbert, Associate Director of Collection Management and Services at the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library in St. Paul, Minnesota details one library’s response to contractual conditions being imposed by Wiley. I found it interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Libraries, Licensing, Online Databases, Online Services
Tagged Acquisitions, Associate Director, Diane Conroy, Director of Collection Management and Services, Elsevier, John Wiley and Sons, Linda Hulbert, Minneapolis, Minnesota, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, online content, online journal content, pain, print +online, representative, Rome, single president, St. Paul, the Elsevier, University of St. Thomas, USD, vendors, Wiley
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Libology on the Kindle
Saw a post on TechCrunch that indicated that Amazon has opened their offerings of blog subscriptions for the Kindle reader to all blogs that sign up. So now Libology is available to readers of the Kindle… with two caveats: It … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Online Services, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Amazon, cent, Kindle, Kindle reader, Libology, USD
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E-Readers and the Future
ALA TechSource has a brief blogger forum post on the state of E-Book Readers. The quote that I think is most worth thinking about comes from Jason Griffey: E-books are the future of reading in a very real way, simply … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Licensing, Publishing
Tagged ALA, ALA TechSource, Amazon, E, E-Book Readers, e-readers, Jason Griffey, Kindle, King, Moore's Law, TechSource, USD
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Walden Media’s ALA Conference Contest
From the entry form: Walden Media wants to send YOU to the American Library Association’s Annual Conference! Enter below for a chance to win a trip for YOU and one GUEST including: Roundtrip Airfare to Chicago Ground Transportation Six nights … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries
Tagged ALA Conference, American Library Association, contest, Hotel Conference Fees, USD, Walden Media
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A Look Back, A Look Ahead
2008 was an uncertain year for Libraryland. Ideas and tools abound for how we can do more with what we have, and we are becoming more aware of what it is we have : data and the systems to organize … Continue reading
Posted in Google, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, OCLC, Online Services, OPAC, Open Access, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged forecasts, Google, higher-level software;, internet use;, Libraries, OCLC, office software, social networking features, USD
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OCLC WorldCat is the Tiger, not the Lady?
OCLC released their updated Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records yesterday, with implementation scheduled for mid-February. If you see the phrase We are reconsidering some aspects of the policy. More information will be available in the near future. … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Copyright, ILS, Libraries, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC
Tagged cataloging services, Georgia, Illinois, Licensing, Major, Major League Baseball, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Ohio, Union Catalogs, USD, Worldcat
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Oil and Journals
Mike Dunford writing in of The Questionable Authority has written a post that compares the business model and profits of journal publishers with oil companies. One figure that he arrives at is shocking, to say the least, but also illustrative … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Open Access, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Exxon;, Gas prices, journal prices, Mike Dunford, Mobil, oil;, Open Access, Questionable Authority, USD
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TC is PO’d over AP
An interesting situation is brewing over at the TechCrunch blog. Michael Arrington, upset over the Associated Press going after bloggers who quote from AP stories, has argued that the AP is not taking Fair Use into consideration and has declared … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Copyright, Fair Use, News
Tagged Associated Press, copyright law, lawyer, Michael Arrington, online quoting, USD
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Sandboxes
A couple of posts about sandboxes have caught my eye: LISNews posted about Peter Morville (writer of Ambient Findability, which if you haven’t read – you should) and his Flickr “sandbox for collecting search examples, patterns, and anti-patterns.” Roy Tennant … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Source, Software, Training, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged Ambient Findability, helpful tools, Peter Morville, Roy Tennant, search examples, University of Cincinnati, USD, web hosting, writer
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Courseware, Web 2.0 and Libraries
Last September I wrote about Libguides, an online service that creates web 2.0-style offerings for library web sites. I was impressed with the quality of their offerings, but had misgivings about the cost, especially when one considers that a library … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged library web sites, Ohio, online service, online storage, Oregon State University, USD, Utah State University, web developer, web hosting, web presence, Web/Library
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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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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
Code4Lib Journal
Issue 1 of the Code4Lib Journal is now available! The journal is an open-access journal dealing with, well, the more techie aspects of libraries. Even if you aren’t into systems and web coding, you should still look this over. The … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Access, Open Source, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged API, Code4Lib Journal;, creative technical solutions, Integrated Library Systems, koha, Steven Weber, Tom Keays, USD, web coding
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Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices – Highlights
ResourceShelf has a list of highlights of the Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices. The highlights are pretty interesting, and the cost of the complete survey results ($80 for a paper version and a whopping $89.50 for a downloadable pdf) … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Periodicals, Statistics, Web Design
Tagged USD
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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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Open Access Calendar
The 2008 Open Access Calendar (Pdf), created by Alma Swan (her blog is here), is available for download. Although the calendar is not set in the familiar 7×4 (or 5) grid, it looks fantastic. If there is enough interest, they may do a print run of the … Continue reading