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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Short Pencil Saga
From Nick Baker, the guy who brought us March of the Librarians (and some help from his cohorts at Williams College Library) comes a documentary examining the life of a golf pencil. Short Pencil Saga (I challenge you to not … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Libraries, Video
Tagged Nick Baker, Williams College, Williams College Library
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Tim Berners-Lee and DataPortability
In a long interview on the state of the semantic web, Tim Berners-Lee (if you don’t recognize the name, you should really read this) briefly discussed DataPortability, the ability to move information freely and easily from one site to another: … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Software, Web Design
Tagged informational web site use, online tools, photo site, semantic web, t-shirt site, Tim Berners-Lee, travel site, XML
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Online Office Software
None of this is new, but I encountered a reminder of how quickly online software is becoming more and more useful: Zoho Writer (part of the Zoho collection of online tools) has been updated, and now supports saving in the … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Online Services, Software, Web Design
Tagged broadband, Google, online software, online tools
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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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TimesMachine
TimesMachine is a complete, easy to use browser for all New York Times editions between September 18, 1851 (their first date of publication) through December 31, 1922 (the day before copyright still exists). from Metafilter
Free Online Courses from Great Universities
Free Online Courses from Great Universities is a collection of lecture podcasts organized by topic; organized by Open Culture. found via Open Access News
Abandoned Books in Detroit
This is one of those stories that just makes one feel sick to your stomach… the Detroit Public Schools simply abandoned a book depository sometime in the mid 1980s. Twenty years, several fires, and a great deal of weather exposure … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Photography
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Evergreen Acquisitions
Evergreen has announced their progress on their Acquisitions portion of the open-source ils. They are on target to have a functional acquisitions/serials capability by summer! Take a look at their progress, noting that their vanilla interface is only in place … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Evergreen Acquisitions
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Code4lib 2009 may be in Columbus
Columbus is an exciting town when you are interested in libraries. This was driven home by the Code4lib Conference Proposal : Columbus, OH page of Roy Tennant’s website. Take a look, and see if you agree. The Code4Lib Conference has … Continue reading
Bibliographic Formats and Standards
Bibliographic Formats and Standards is an OCLC resource that provides information about Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) records. It is geared towards WorldCat records, but should be a great reference for anyone with MARC questions. from Kristen on the SERIALST list
Posted in Cataloging, Libraries, OCLC
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Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service
LCCN Permalink is a service provided by the Library of Congress that allows one to generate links to items in the LC collection by the Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN). The format is: http://lccn.loc.gov/99011685 This is similar to the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Web Design
Tagged Congress, Library of Congress, Library of Congress Control Number, Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service
LCCN Permal, Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service
LCCN Permal, Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service
LCCN Permal, Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service, online catalogs
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Are You Prepared?
Today’s horrific news, the campus shootings at Northern Illinois University, has struck fairly close to home for me. Before moving to Columbus, my current residence, I lived in DeKalb for 18 years. I have attended NIU; my former wife was … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News
Tagged Cole Hall, Columbus, DeKalb, Kishwaukee College, Kishwaukee Hospital, Northern Illinois University, Virginia Tech
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Suitcase Libraries
There is a post on LISNews today about “Suitcase Libraries” in South Africa. These are basically small book collections in suitcases which are distributed to preschools to help encourage reading in areas with low literacy. The original article is here. … Continue reading
The Librarian Song
The Librarian Song (YouTube video) is, well, a song… about librarians… specifically about how librarians train users (Show it to them, do it with them, and then the user can do it themself). And above all… it is really funny … Continue reading
Recipes for a 5-Star Library
Recipes for a 5-Star Library is the latest “cookbook” from the MaintainIT project. The cookbooks are pdf files that are free to use The project focuses on public computers in libraries, and their Library Spotlight articles are drawn from real-world … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Publishing, Software, Training
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Paper Use
Remember how, about 10 years ago, the concept of a “paperless office” began to seem like a weird joke? The proliferation of the desktop computer and the ascent of the internet introduced the potential of foregoing paper documents, relying instead … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Humor, Libraries, News, Statistics
Tagged Bernie Sloan, modest printing, New York Times, printing
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Public Domain Archive and Reprints Service
The Public Domain Archive and Reprints Service is something that I have thought would make an interesting business model: take public domain materials and publish them using a print-on-demand service. With the various scanning projects, there are more and more … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Books, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Public Domain Archive and Reprints Service
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SERU Initiative
SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding is an attempt by libraries and publishers alike to break out of the licensing process that many in both camps find problematic. Simply put, it is a straightforward agreement that a particular library subscribes … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals
Tagged National Information Standards Organization
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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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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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