Daily Archives: 21 November 2006

College class writing their own textbook

Posted on 21 November 2006 by Rick Mason

Social and Cultural Foundations of Education will be an interesting course at Old Dominion University, as the coursework will not be taken from the textbook, it will be the textbook. In what may be a first for an undergraduate class, … Continue reading →

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EPA dumping part of its library…

Posted on 21 November 2006 by Rick Mason

According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the EPA is trashing a significant portion of its library collection. If the article is accurate, then we risk losing a significant amount of environmental information and research. from ResourceShelf

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Cucumis

Posted on 21 November 2006 by Rick Mason

Cucumis is an interesting exchange project.  It involves people willing to translate text from one language to another.  A person earns points by providing translations, then “spends” those points by having others translate documents for them. No money, no profit, … Continue reading →

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Endeavor – Ex Libris merger

Posted on 21 November 2006 by Rick Mason

Kind of an interesting merger in the library ILS world:  Endeavor and Ex Libris are merging.  Until recently, I worked in a library that used Endeavor’s Voyager ILS, and was impressed with many things that it could do, but also … Continue reading →

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OttoBib

Posted on 21 November 2006 by Rick Mason

Another web-based option for automatic generation of bibliographic citations is OttoBib, in which you get a MLA, APA, or Chicago style citation by entering a book’s ISBN. from MetaFilter

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