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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: Online Services
Are Library Books on Borrowed Time?
Are Library Books on Borrowed Time? is a short article in Financial Times that covers what many in libraries have recognized for some time: we are in the midst of a transition between paper books and some combination of e-books … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, News, Online Services
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Register to Vote on Libology
The Democratic National Committee recently released code that allows websites to offer streamlined voter registration pages through a Ruby on Rails interface. The Obama campaign quickly modified that code to make it even easier to embed in nearly any website. … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Libraries, Online Services, Politics, Software, Web Design
Tagged elections, html, Politics, Ruby on Rails, Technology/Internet, Voter registration
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Wikipedia Redefined
Wikipedia Redefined is a proposal by a creative agency called NEW! which presents changes that would make Wikipedia more usable, both as a user and as an editor. Having used MediaWiki (the software that runs Wikipedia) extensively, I can vouch that … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design, Wiki
Tagged MediaWiki, Technology/Internet, Usability, Wiki, Wikipedia, wikis
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How to Create and Run Your Website
The San Jose Public Library has launched their new website. It has a clean design, with clear indications of how to find the information being sought. But what really got my attention was the relationship of the library staff to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, OPAC, Web Design
Tagged Blogs, Libraries, San Jose Public Library, Shelf Check, Web Design
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Google Election Maps
The mid-term elections are shaping up to be quite dramatic (although not quite the roller-coaster ride that we had with the 2008 election season). And Google has come up with a new way to visualize the flood of data that … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Government, History, Maps, Online Services, Politics, Web Design
Tagged 2010 Election, election, Google, Google Maps, Government, History, Politics
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IMSLP Petrucci Music Library
I’ve been on a project at work that involves tracking down information on some music scores, and have encountered a fantastic resource, the IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library. On this mediawiki-based site resides more than 72,000 scores representing over 29,000 works by … Continue reading
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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Library Staff Using Online Tools
WebJunction has posted the survey results for online tool usage by library staff, and a few of the results might surprise: The online tool that has had at least some use by the highest percentage of staff is Online Courses, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Education, Libraries, News, Online Services, Software, Training
Tagged Blogs, Libraries, Library, Listservs, Online Courses, Online social networking, online tools, rural, technology differences, Technology/Internet, urban
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OCLC Questions
Jonathan Rochkind at Bibliographic Wilderness weighs in on the OCLC issue, and ultimately asks a lot of significant questions that don’t have easy answers. We all need to be asking significant questions, not only of OCLC, SkyRiver, and III, but … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Ethics, Groups, History, ILL, ILS, Libraries, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services
Tagged Cataloging, Ethics, III, Jonathan Rochkind, Libraries, OCLC, Online Services, SkyRiver
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OCLC’s Response to Lawsuit
Just received via OCLC Member Update e-mail: The following statement is from Larry Alford, Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees, and Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO: “On July 29, SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. filed suit against OCLC, … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Libraries, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services
Tagged III, Innovative Interfaces Inc, Jay Jordan, Larry Alford, Library automation, OCLC, OCLC Board of Trustees, Online Computer Library Center, SkyRiver, SkyRiver Technology Solutions
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Unicorn Validator
Unicorn, W3C’s unified validation service, is live. As someone who has found the W3C html, css and feed validators to be valuable tools in web design, the merging of the three tools into one interface is a terrific step. With … Continue reading
One Possible OCLC Solution
I am going to be very presumptuous and put forth a possible solution to the OCLC situation. Ready? Divide OCLC in two. One entity, which we will call OCLC.org (just to keep from having to make up some name for … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Ethics, ILS, Libraries, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, OPAC, Open Access, Open Source, Search, Software
Tagged bibliographic services, CONTENTdm, creative commons, ILS, Libraries, Library, Library automation, Library catalog, LibraryThing, News, OCLC, Online Computer Library Center, OpenLibrary, search tools, SkyRiver Communications Inc, Technology/Internet, Web Scale Managment Services, Worldcat
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InfoToday Article on Lawsuit
InfoToday has posted a very good overview of the SkyRiver/III/OCLC suit on their website, written by Edward M. Corrado, who also blogs at http://blog.ecorrado.us (I have quoted him on this blog several times, and follow his posts closely). My post … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Ethics, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, Software
Tagged Blog, Edward M. Corrado, Ethics, III, Libraries, OCLC, SkyRiver, Software, technology
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Guide to the SkyRiver vs. OCLC Lawsuit
Marshall Breeding at LibraryTechnology.org has gathered together resources and information regarding the lawsuit filed by SkyRiver against OCLC: Guide to the SkyRiver vs. OCLC Lawsuit
Posted in Cataloging, Groups, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Services, OPAC
Tagged Lawsuit, Libraries, LibraryTechnology.org, Marshall Breeding, OCLC, SkyRiver
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SkyRiver sues OCLC
SkyRiver, the new bibliographic records company created by Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III) owner Jerry Kline, has filed suit against OCLC, alleging that they are “unlawfully monopolizing the markets for cataloging services, interlibrary lending, and bibliographic data.” SkyRiver has been joined … Continue reading
OpenWith.org
You know the frustration: you have a file, but either don’t know what program you need to open it, or you don’t have the program available where you need it. OpenWith.org can help locate a free program for most any … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Online Services, Search, Software
Tagged Computer file, Computer file formats, computers, file extension, File format, Online Services, Software
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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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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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Anne Frank’s Annex: 3-D Tour
Each year, about one million people visit the site where Anne Frank’s family hid from the Nazis during World War II, which was described vividly in her diary. Now the Anne Frank House has opened a virtual annex site, including … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Education, History, Online Services
Tagged Anne Frank, Diary of Anne Frank, virtual annex site, World War II
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Practical Open Source Software Website
Nicole Engard’s forthcoming book, Practical Open Source Software for Libraries, has a page on the accompanying website consisting of links mentioned in the book. Not only is this a tantalizing glimpse of the book, but it is a source of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Open Source, Publishing, Software
Tagged Book;, Libraries, Library, Nicole Engard, Open Source, Open Source Software, Publishing, Technology/Internet
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