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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: Author
How to Respond to Bad Press, continued
In a post a few days ago I referred to a letter written by Mary A. Dempsey, Commissioner for the Chicago Public Library, as a response to a Fox Chicago News story that asked Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Government, Groups, History, Libraries, News, Online Services
Tagged Anna Davlantes, Anthony Bourdain, Author, California State Library, Chicago, Chicago Public Library, city services, Commissioner, DC, Digital media, e-book, Education, English as a second language, Google Books Library Project, Harold Washington Library Center, hour Internet sessions, Illinois, job search assistance, journalist, librarian, Library, Library and information science, Library Board, Library Board of Directors, MacArthur Foundation, marketing, Mary A. Dempsey, online information, online research collections, pdf, Public Library, School library, Science, Talking Book Center, the Ravinia Music Festival, USD, Walter Cronkite, Washington, WFLD
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Publisher Confidential
Publisher Confidential is a creation by the Unshelved crew that strives to convey to publishers what libraries wish they would know. It consists of brief statements illustrated with the familiar Mallville Public Library staff. The booklet is being distributed to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Humor, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Author, BEA, BookExpo America, Books, Humor, Mallville Public Library, Publisher Confidential, Publishing, Unshelved
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Christmas Delivery
So you are an author. You check your book’s entry on Amazon.com. You see a review. It is not good. Someone bought a copy of your book and it was flawed. You want to make it right. What do you … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Ethics, News, Travel
Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Author, Canada, Christmas Eve, Dan Fleisch, Ohio, Ontario, professor, Whittenberg University
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Harry Potter and the Unfair Use Lexicon
TeleRead has an excellent post dissecting the recent ruling against the author of the Harry Potter Lexicon. It examines the Fair Use aspects of copyright as they apply to this particular case. via LISNews
Posted in Books, Copyright, News, Publishing
Tagged Author, Copyright, Fair Use, harry potter, harry potter lexicon, Publishing
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Announcing Scriblio on Libology
Libology’s Scriblio installation. Scriblio, the open-source Library OPAC that runs on a WordPress installation, has been installed on Libology. Several notes about this software installation: The library catalog contained within this installation of Scriblio is Capital University’s, located in Columbus, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, OPAC, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Author, Capital University, Casey Bisson, Columbus, html, installation of Scriblio, Lampson Library, Libology Libology's Scriblio installation, Libology\'s Scriblio installation, Ohio, php, Plymouth State University, Plymouth State University's Lampson Library;, Scriblio, Scriblio installation, software installation, WordPress
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Speed Writing
A couple of years ago I encountered some type of advertisement for a particular book. I don’t recall what the exact title was, but it was something along the lines of “The 2004 Outlook for Thingamajiggers in the United States.” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Publishing
Tagged Amazon.com, Author, particular author, Philip M. Parker, the Guardian, United States, USD
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isbndb.com
isbndb.com is one of several websites that allow you to search for books by isbn, as well as the usual title/author/keyword searching. Give it a try: grab a nearby book (if you are like me, there are quite a few … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Online Databases, Search
Tagged Author, Dewey, General, Karen Coyle, online retailers
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BookTour
BookTour is a new web site devoted to author readings, signings, etc. It is very flexible, allowing you to search by author, area, and book. It allows you to browse by genre, and even provides a link on the authors … Continue reading
Copyright Jungle
Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of Copywrongs and The Anarchist in the Library, has an essay in the current Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), titled Copyright Jungle. You should read it. I don’t think things are quite as bleak as he portrays (I … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Google
Tagged Author, Columbia Journalism Review, Copyright Jungle, Jungle Siva Vaidhyanathan
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Beyond Freakonomics
Interested in a one-hour Princeton lecture by Steven Levitt, author of Freakonomics? Here you go! (you may want to save the .asx file to your desktop, then play it from there). from ResourceShelf
Posted in Education, Lecture
Tagged Author, author of Freakonomics, Steven Levitt
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Advanced Searching on WorldCat.org
WorldCat.org has added an Advanced Search page, allowing the user to search by Title, Author, ISBN, OCLC, Language, Format or Publication Date. This ought to be helpful when searching for items with commonly used words.
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged Author
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