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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Definitions
The Skinny on Sheepskin
Wired is running a story that links the size of e-readers to sheep. I think it is a stretch (and they admit it, as well), but the story does have a terrific guide to why books have traditionally been their … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Definitions, History, Publishing
Tagged Books, e-readers, History, paper, Sheep, technology, Vellum, Wired;
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Wikipedia : Lamest Edit Wars
From the folks at Open Source Living comes a link to a Wikipedia page about… Wikipedia pages. Specifically the Lamest Edit Wars on Wikipedia pages. The list contains some thought-provoking debates, and some truly trivial arguments. Some highlights of debates … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Humor, Online Services, Wiki
Tagged Entertainment/Culture, Humor, Open Source Living, reference, Technology/Internet, Wiki, Wikipedia
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Non Words
What would you call a collection of non words? That question occurs to me with the news that Oxford University Press has a vault containing millions of “non words” notated on 4″ x 6″ cards. These are the words that … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Classification, Definitions, History, Language
Tagged Classification, dictionary, English languages, Language, Linguistics, OED, Oxford English Dictionary, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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The Positive No
No One Nos : Learning to Say No to Bad Ideas is an article on A List Apart that discusses when and how to address those situations where, for a variety of reasons, your best option is to tell someone … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Definitions, Ethics, Language, Web Design
Tagged A List Apart, Ethics, Language, No, Web Design, William Ury
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Political Dictionary
Political Dictionary is one of those resources to make a note about, as it contains words and phrases unique to the political environment without being politically charged in defining them. Interesting terms include: Full Ginsberg Mugwumps Recess Appointment Vote-a-rama
Posted in Blogs, Definitions, Government, History, Language, Politics
Tagged Blog, definitions, dictionary, Ginsberg, Government, Human Interest, Mugwumps, Politics
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Thoughts on Names
A blog post by Patrick McKenzie titled Falsehoods Programmers Believe about Names is a great reminder of the increasing complexity surrounding computer software and personal names. It is presented as a list, and most likely will contain some thought-provoking “rules” … Continue reading
Posted in Classification, Definitions, ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Software, Translation, Web Design
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Open Source ILS Glossary
Earlier this month, Equinox Software‘s Bob Molyneux posted an Open Source ILS Glossary in Pdf format. It is a great overview of the concepts and environment of the current open source library software environment. Today Bob posted an updated version … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Definitions, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Bob Molyneux, Computer software, Computing, Equinox Software, integrated library system, Library, Library automation, Open Source, open source library software environment, pdf, Technology/Internet, Thought
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Catch-22 Terms of Service
Apple pulled a newsreader called Pulse from their App Store yesterday after the New York Times sent a letter saying that the application violated their terms of service. The issue seems to revolve around the fact that Pulse is a … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Definitions, Ethics, Licensing, Online Services, Publishing, XML
Tagged Business/Finance, Copyright, RSS, Technology/Internet, The New York Times Co
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Personality Spectrum
There is an interesting “personality type” post on Dougal Campbell’s Geek Ramblings titled Open Source Personality Spectrum. In and of itself, it is interesting and basically true. Giving it some thought, I suspect that this range of personality traits can … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Groups, Open Source, Software
Tagged Dougal Campbell, Enthusiast, Internet culture, Personality, Personality Spectrum, Sociology, Stoic, Technology/Internet
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Mash-Up is not a new term
From the Oxford English Dictionary, via Ron Murray at the Library of Congress, through the Disruptive Library Technology Jester, comes the news that the term “Mash-Up”, with roughly the same meaning as today, is over 150 years old! The modern … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, History, Language, Library 2.0, Web Design
Tagged English languages, Library, Library of Congress, Oxford English Dictionary
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Definition of Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing is rapidly becoming the “in” buzz phrase. Does this mean that it is all talk/no action? Definitely not. For many businesses or organizations, cloud computing can be a cost-effective way to have a great deal of control over … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged cloud computing, Internet, National Institute for Standards and Technology, server, Technology/Internet
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Open Data – Interoperability not Property
Open Data : It’s About Interoperability, not Property is a post on Common Knowledge that does a great job at not only explaining why Open Data is such a powerful idea, but also why it is so complex, as well: … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Databases, Software
Tagged Common Knowledge, metadata, Open Data, Software, Technology/Internet
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Use It or Lose It
The Center for Social Media at American University’s School of Communication has a PDF guide available for download titled Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video. To both illustrate and promote the practices, they have just released … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Definitions, Video
Tagged American University, Center for Social Media, Copyright, Fair Use, mashup, remix, Video
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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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Lakes and Rivers
Lorcan Demsey has a post on metadata that does a great job of illustrating two types of data collections by describing them as lakes and rivers. The idea did not originate with him; rather he encountered it via OCLC’s Eric … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Definitions, History, Libraries, OCLC
Tagged analog, Eric Hellman, Heraclitus, lakes, Lorcan Demsey, rivers, Rivers Lorcan Demsey
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Lingro
Lingro is a service that will allow one to have a dictionary available for text on any web site. Simply enter the URL for a site, then click on any word. Viola! You get definitions for that word quickly and … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Online Services
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Bibliographic Entity-Relationships
Karen Coyle has written a post on Coyle’s InFormation that I feel greatly helps to explain why it can be so complex to structure bibliographic information. I first encountered Entity-Relationships (note: right now this link is not a great introduction … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Definitions, Libraries, Training
Tagged Karen Coyle, search screen, word processor, word processor for others
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Lorem Ipsum Trivium
For many years I thought that the latin-esque text known as “Lorem Ipsum”, commonly used as a placeholder when designing web sites, brochures, etc., was simply meaningless syllables that looked and sounded like latin. It turns out there is more … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, History, Web Design
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Plantfacts
PlantFacts is a resource from the Ohio State University which provides a wealth of information about plants and horticulture through a plant web search, an image database, how-to videos, a collection of over 800 FAQs, and an illustrated glossary. from … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Online Databases, Search, WebSearch
Tagged plant web search, the Ohio State University
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The Bibliognost’s Handbook
The Bibliognost’s Handbook (pdf) is listed as an essay on the New York Time’s website, but it is a page of brief lists, definitions, and information that are fascinating to review. thanks Jean!
Posted in Books, Definitions, Humor, Libraries, News
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