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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: search tools
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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One Big Library Unconference Report (part 2)
continued from here… Evergreen and Project Conifer (John Fink) was a progress report / Q&A session about the installation of the Evergreen ILS for a consortium of academic libraries (McMaster University, University of Windsor, and Laurentian University). John gave a … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Library 2.0, onebiglibrary, Open Source, Presenting, Software
Tagged API, bibliographic systems, David Fiander, Evergreen ILS, Facebook, Geoff Sinclair, Google, John Fink, John Miedema, Laurentian University, McMaster University, meta-search tools, neat library technology, onebiglibrary, Open Library, search tools, Stacy, Toronto, University of Windsor, William
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Monopolies, Libraries, and Challenges
A somewhat rambling essay, but one that is important nonetheless: Joe Wilcox has posted an interesting essay at Microsoft Watch regarding Google’s merger with DoubleClick, the internet advertising company. I strongly disagree with some of his interpretations (he tries to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Google, Libraries, News, OCLC, WebSearch
Tagged Amazon, compliant web site design, DoubleClick, energy, Google, internet advertising, Joe Wilcox, keyword search, Microsoft, natural language search engines, Search, search tools, Web Design
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Firefox : Add to Search Bar
For those of you using the Firefox web browser (and if not, why?) here is an add-on that is currently impressing me to pieces : Add to Search Bar. It isn’t flashy, or obvious, but it does one thing that … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design
Tagged Search Bar, search box, search page, search tools, web browser
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MasterKey
MasterKey is an interesting prototype of a new meta-search engine. I like search tools that generate metadata (in the form of subjects, authors, etc. to narrow one’s search) on the fly. Vivisimo was the first of these that I encountered, … Continue reading
Posted in Search, Web Design
Tagged meta-search engine, search box, search engine, search results, search tools
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