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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: History
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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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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How the Digital Revolution Changed Our World
An visual chart in the current Newsweek sums up many of the changes we have seen over the past decade: Exactly How Much Are The Times A-Changin’? The categories that are in decline speak volumes: The US Postal Service is … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Google, Government, History, News, Periodicals, Publishing, Statistics, WebSearch
Tagged Blogs, Books, Google, History, News, Newsweek, Publishing, Statistics
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A Brief History of Markup
I just received my copy of the newly-published HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith, and remembered that the first chapter is available online. It is a quick and interesting read, no matter how involved in web design. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Groups, History, Library 2.0, Web Design
Tagged Books, Groups, History, html, HTML5, Jeremy Keith, Technology/Internet, Web Design, web designers
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Millennial Disc
It’s called the Millennial Disc, and it is being marketed as a 1,000 year storage for digital information. Before we run out and buy a stack of these for our archives, I would simply ask: How many years before some … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, History, Libraries, Photography, Software, Space
Tagged Archives, History, Libraries, Photography, Software, Space, storage media, Technology/Internet
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Shorpy Photo Archive
Shorpy is a collection of photographs presented using a blog, but it is an especially captivating collection. A combination of historical photographs, found images, and personal/family photos, there is rarely an entry that doesn’t hold some interest for the viewer. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, History, Photography
Tagged Blog, History, Librarians' Internet Index, Photography, Shorpy
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Ohio Potentially Cutting Library Support in Half
It’s happening, folks. State and local budgets are under extreme pressure, and tough decisions are being made by Governors, state officials, countys counties, towns and taxing districts. Libraries that rely on public funding are now almost certainly facing severe cuts. … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Groups, History, Libraries, News
Tagged Government, Governor Strickland, History, Libraries, Library, News, Ohio
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Anne Frank’s Birthday
Today, 12 June 2009, would have been Anne Frank’s 80th birthday. I think that’s worth a moment of reflection, don’t you? found via LISNews
Obama at ALA 2005
Many people have a memory of the moment they realized that Barack Obama was likely to become president. For some, the moment came during the primaries, perhaps when they heard the speech he gave after the New Hampshire primary. Others, … Continue reading
Posted in Government, History, Libraries, Politics, Video
Tagged American Library Association, Barack Obama, Chicago, History, Illinois, New Hampshire, presidency, president, Senator, speech, Springfield, transcript, United States, Video
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Papers of the War Department 1784-1800
Papers of the War Department : 1784 to 1800 is a searchable archive of documents from the early history of the United States that, until recently, were thought to have been irretrievably lost in a fire. Over the past decade, … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Government, History, Online Databases
Tagged Archives, Fire, History, United States, War Department
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By Any Other Name
By any other name is the title of a blog post/essay by Mandy Brown which encapsulates the history of stored writing in just a few paragraphs. Take a short few moments and read it… you will be glad you did. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Humor, Publishing
Tagged Books, ebooks, History, Mandy Brown, Unshelved
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Annenberg Media Streaming Video
The Annenberg Media website at learner.org is a resource that offers on-demand streaming video for “schools, colleges, libraries, public broadcasting stations, public access channels, and other community agencies”. These are top-notch programs, several which I recognize as having been used … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Language, Libraries, Online Services, Politics, Science, Video, Web Design
Tagged Annenberg Media, Education, History, Libraries, Microsoft Windows, streaming video
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