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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Libology Blog
Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Changes and more Change
In the time it has taken to transfer the domain, I have been thinking about the blog, especially what its focus is and will likely be. I am, as of three minutes ago, changing the name of the blog from … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs
Tagged Blog, Libology, library services;, Library Support Staff
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ISEN -or- All Your Databases are Belong to Us
The Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) is a fantastic idea. On-line databases would be assigned their own, unique number, similar to an ISBN or ISSN, which would identify them as a resource. This would aid tremendously in organizing and ultimately … Continue reading
Posted in Online Databases, Search
Tagged deep web, Internet Search Environment Number, ISBN, ISEN, ISSN, On-line databases
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Scrabulous and Copyright
Disclaimer: I have been an avid user of Scrabulous for several month (Stats: 70 wins and 3 losses, best bingo at 158 points), and am sad to see it go. I am not posting because of this, however, but because … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, History
Tagged Copyright, copyright law, Facebook, Patents, Scrabble, Scrabulous
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If you can read this…
If you are reading this, then something has gone right! I fought with the backup for nearly a week before giving up, and have rebuilt the blog from another method entirely. This resulted in many duplicate entries, and it really … Continue reading
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Problems…
One of my plug-ins has caused instability in the database structure of the blog when it froze during a re-indexing of data… I have attempted to fix it (attempted to re-re-index, removed plugin, etc.) but am still having troubles. I … Continue reading
Learned Helplessness
Read Lori Ayre’s blog post at TechEssence to find out what she means by “Learned Helplessness”. I think she hits the nail on the head, then drives it home. I will be watching her future posts….
Posted in Blogs, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged ILS, Learned Helplessness Read Lori Ayre, Lori Ayre, Open Source
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Google Librarian Central
After more than a year, there has been a bit of activity at the Google Librarian Central site, though not what was hoped for when I heard that they were preparing an update. What they announced in a post titled … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Google, Libraries, Library 2.0, News
Tagged Google, Google Librarian Central, librarian, Web 2.0, web form submission
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Classify
Classify is a new service from OCLC which returns class numbers (Dewey, LC, and National Library of Medicine) assigned to books in WorldCat. This could be a good way to use the “wisdom of the crowd” when you are not … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Classification, Libraries, Library 2.0, OCLC, Online Services, Search
Tagged Classify, DDC, Dewey, Dewey Decimal Classification, Dewey LC, DeweyBrowser, LC, Library of Congress Classification, Lorcan Dempsey, National Library of Medicine, OCLC
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Open Shelves Classification
Tim Spalding of LibraryThing has started a new ambitious project: develop a new shelf classification system that would eliminate the baggage of the 100+ year-old systems many libraries have in place, as well as create a system free from the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Classification, Groups, Libraries
Tagged Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, LibraryThing, Open Shelves Classification, Tim Spalding, year-old systems
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Everything is Still Local
In February, I wrote about the shootings at Northern Illinois University, which happened about 100 yards away from a former co-worker (and current friend). I stressed that until something like this happens in your community, it seems remote and somehow … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Death, Libraries, News
Tagged Death, Librarian.net, Libraries, murder, Northern Illinois University, shootings
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Free L’Amour
To celebrate the 100th birthday of Louis L’Amour, Bantam Books is providing a free copy of “Education of a Wandering Man : The Centennial Hardcover Edition” to any free lending library in the United States. found via the Unshelved blog
Posted in Books, Libraries, Promotions, Publishing
Tagged Bantam Books, Louis L\'Amour, United States
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Online Textbook Copyright Infringement
Peter Suber at Open Access News has an excellent post on the language being used when discussing copyright infringement of textbooks. I personally prefer what I have in the title of this post; results may vary. We have been through … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Ethics, Open Access, Publishing
Tagged Copyright, Open Access, Peter Suber
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Marketing Your Library
Marketing Your Library is a blog chock full of ideas, lists, and links for marketing, you know, your library! from LISNews
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Promotions
Tagged marketing, Marketing Your Library, Your Library, Your Library Marketing Your Library
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One Big Library Unconference Report (part 1)
Previous posts here and here… I attended the One Big Library Unconference (Facebook too) last Friday, and haven’t had a chance to post about it yet, so here goes: I arrived in Toronto around 7 p.m. on Thursday after a … Continue reading