Tag Archives: Library of Congress

Mash-Up is not a new term

Posted on 11 March 2010 by Rick Mason

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 →

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Cookery is Toast

Posted on 1 October 2009 by Rick Mason

My favorite example of “proper” library terminology that doesn’t relate to the language in use by the general public (or most library employees for that matter) is Cookery. The Library of Congress is in the process of retiring the subject … Continue reading →

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BookChaser

Posted on 23 August 2009 by Rick Mason

I wrote a post about the BookChaser Editions service last year, but encountered a reference to another service they offer, and this led me to others: BookChaser Covers : compares cover images available from Amazon, Google Books, LibraryThing, and Open … Continue reading →

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Free Drinks Tomorrow

Posted on 27 March 2009 by Rick Mason

Karen Coyle writes about the Library of Congress and their follow-up to the lcsh.info shuttering last fall.  In LC discovers infinity, she points out that at ALA Midwinter they not only stated that they recognized the value of the service, … Continue reading →

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ISSN-uated

Posted on 21 February 2009 by Rick Mason

A little over two months ago, I decided to apply for an ISSN for this blog.  The notification letter arrived from the Library of Congress yesterday:  Libology blog has an ISSN of 1946-1852.  The link on the ISSN number doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Library of Congress LCCN Permalink Service

Posted on 20 February 2008 by Rick Mason

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 →

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List o’ Library Links

Posted on 4 September 2007 by Rick Mason

The following links were posted to the Web4Lib listserv by S.Sripriya, a librarian for a dental college in Bangalore.  There are quite a few good links, many of them Indian-related, and I thought it was worth it to just post the whole shebang:  … Continue reading →

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Bibliographic news

Posted on 7 May 2007 by Rick Mason

A couple things of note are happening in the realm of bibliographic information: The Library of Congress will be holding their second regional meeting of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control on Wednesday, May 9th.  This one … Continue reading →

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Library of Congress Blog

Posted on 24 April 2007 by Rick Mason

It seems odd that it hasn’t happened before now, but the Library of Congress has just started a blog. from One Big Library

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Copyright Discussion

Posted on 9 April 2007 by Rick Mason

On Coyle’s InFormation, a blog written by the ever-interesting Karen Coyle, there is a discussion about the transcripts of a Section 108 Study Group meeting hosted by the Library of Congress on the topic of copyright, libraries and digitization.  These meetings are happening … Continue reading →

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Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project

Posted on 28 March 2007 by Rick Mason

This article from Linux.com is a great overview of what it takes to run a digitization project with fragile material and across great distance, as the Library of Congress and Archive.org work together on a project to preserve some of … Continue reading →

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Users and Uses of Bibliographic Data meeting summary

Posted on 19 March 2007 by Rick Mason

The official summary of the Users and Uses of Bibliographic Data meeting held by the Library of Congress at Google’s headquarters last week has been posted. Karen Coyle’s blog has her notes from the meetings. from Coyle’s InFormation and Catalogablog

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Library of Congress Meetings

Posted on 7 March 2007 by Rick Mason

The Library of Congress has formed the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, and will be having their first public meeting tomorrow, March 8th, at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. The truly interesting thing is that anyone … Continue reading →

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Distance Calculator

Posted on 18 September 2006 by Rick Mason

Here is a distance calculator that takes the concept a step further than Google Maps or Mapquest… it recognizes location names other than address information. Think in terms of buildings, statues, monuments, etc. Want to see how long of a … Continue reading →

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Library Classification Systems

Posted on 23 August 2006 by Rick Mason

The New York Public Library is changing classification systems for their reference collection.  Over the years they have used a unique system developed by their first library director, Dr. John Shaw Billings, appropriately named the Billings System.  It hasn’t been … Continue reading →

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