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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: Lecture
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
Zotero program on OPAL
Zotero is a fantastic example of how open source can transform not only software development, but organization of information as well. The potential of this citation management web-browser add-on to transform learning and research is tremendous. If you haven’t tried … Continue reading
Posted in Lecture, Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Chris Strauber, citation management, software development, South Carolina State Library, Web Services, Web Services Librarian, Wofford College
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Two Essays by Eric Lease Morgan
I have run into two essays by Eric Lease Morgan this week that paint an excellent picture of today’s challenges for library technology and possible future solutions within our reach: Catalog Collectivism : XC and the Future of Library Search … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Fair Use, Lecture, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Software
Tagged Eric Lease Morgan, Infomotions Inc., library technology, possible future solutions
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BookTour
BookTour is a new web site devoted to author readings, signings, etc. It is very flexible, allowing you to search by author, area, and book. It allows you to browse by genre, and even provides a link on the authors … Continue reading
Johns Hopkins Open Courseware translated to Chinese
The open coursework offered by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been translated into Chinese and made available for study in China. The effort was headed by Lucifer Chu (perhaps best known for translating The Lord of the … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, Lecture, Libraries, Medical, Online Services, Open Access, Open Source, Software
Tagged China, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Lucifer Chu, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Lord of the Rings
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LiS Radio
The University of Missouri – Columbia is hosting a plethora of webcasts of interest to library-type people under the banner of LiS Radio. These range from interviews to classes, from conversations to meetings. Browse their site and see what there … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Lecture, Libraries, Open Access
Tagged Columbia, LiS Radio, Missouri, MP3, QuickTime, University of Missouri
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Beyond Freakonomics
Interested in a one-hour Princeton lecture by Steven Levitt, author of Freakonomics? Here you go! (you may want to save the .asx file to your desktop, then play it from there). from ResourceShelf