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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: Technology/Internet
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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Support Your Local Library
Statestats, a recently founded non-profit focusing on education and technology, has created an infographic in support of libraries (thanks to Dan for contacting me with this!): FIND A LIBRARY NEAR YOU FIND YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY INFORMATION INTEGRATED WITH GOOGLE … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Groups, Libraries, Statistics
Tagged Information graphics, Library, Technology/Internet
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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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“None of this works off-the-shelf…”
You may remember Michael Wesch. He has done quite a bit of note since that project (here and here). He is, however, re-evaluating the role of technology in the classroom after receiving reliable reports that his methods don’t always work … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Education, Software
Tagged Education, Michael Wesch, Technology/Internet
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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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New Hybrid ILS Front End
A regional group of public libraries in Antwerp, Belgium have announced a new hybrid OPAC for their library software. They have merged WordPress with AquaBrowser to create a web presence with the capabilities they felt were most important for their … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged AquaBrowser;, Blog, Faceted search, ILS, integrated library system, Libraries, Nicole Engard, Online Public-Access Catalog, OPAC, Open Source, Open Source Living, Scriblio, Software, Technology/Internet, VuFind, Web Design, WordPress
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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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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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Practical Open Source for Libraries
Nicole Engard has posted the slides for one of her presentations: Practical Open Source Software for Libraries (Part 2)
Posted in Education, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, Open Source, Software, Training
Tagged Computer software, Libraries, Nicole Engard, Open Source, Practical Open Source Software, presentation, Technology/Internet, Training
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Lexicool
Lexicool.com is website that connects you with translation tools. Simply select the languages you wish to translate between, then select an optional subject to narrow the results, and you get a list of translation resources to use. found in College … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Libraries, Translation
Tagged College and Research Libraries News, Communication, languages, Lexicool, Linguistics, machine translation, Technology/Internet, Translation
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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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Open Source ILS Glossary
Earlier this month, Equinox Software‘s Bob Molyneux posted an Open Source ILS Glossary in Pdf format. It is a great overview of the concepts and environment of the current open source library software environment. Today Bob posted an updated version … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Definitions, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Bob Molyneux, Computer software, Computing, Equinox Software, integrated library system, Library, Library automation, Open Source, open source library software environment, pdf, Technology/Internet, Thought
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Libraries as Business Incubators
Public Libraries as Business Incubators is an article in PC World suggesting that libraries could provide a service to their communities by serving as a connection to resources that small businesses might need and/or provide to other small businesses. This … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Event, Groups, Libraries, Training, Tutorials
Tagged Facebook, Facebook Inc, International Data Group Inc, Jo Budler, librarian, Library, Online social networking, PC World, Public Library, Technology/Internet, World Wide Web
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Upgrade
Libology has upgraded to WordPress 3.0, which is a significant jump ahead in standards and features. One of the most interesting, for me, will be support for HTML 5. I have also switched to the Twenty-Ten theme, as it is … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, News, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged blog
software, Computing, Content management systems, Digital media, html, Human Interest, PHP programming language, Technology/Internet, WordPress, World Wide Web
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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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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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Personality Spectrum
There is an interesting “personality type” post on Dougal Campbell’s Geek Ramblings titled Open Source Personality Spectrum. In and of itself, it is interesting and basically true. Giving it some thought, I suspect that this range of personality traits can … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Groups, Open Source, Software
Tagged Dougal Campbell, Enthusiast, Internet culture, Personality, Personality Spectrum, Sociology, Stoic, Technology/Internet
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iPad Peek
A good service for web designers who want to see how their website will work on the iPad: iPad Peek found via WeblogToolsCollection
Posted in Online Services, Software, Web Design
Tagged iPad, Technology/Internet, Web Design
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