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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: Blog
InfoToday Article on Lawsuit
InfoToday has posted a very good overview of the SkyRiver/III/OCLC suit on their website, written by Edward M. Corrado, who also blogs at http://blog.ecorrado.us (I have quoted him on this blog several times, and follow his posts closely). My post … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Ethics, ILS, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, Online Services, Software
Tagged Blog, Edward M. Corrado, Ethics, III, Libraries, OCLC, SkyRiver, Software, technology
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Political Dictionary
Political Dictionary is one of those resources to make a note about, as it contains words and phrases unique to the political environment without being politically charged in defining them. Interesting terms include: Full Ginsberg Mugwumps Recess Appointment Vote-a-rama
Posted in Blogs, Definitions, Government, History, Language, Politics
Tagged Blog, definitions, dictionary, Ginsberg, Government, Human Interest, Mugwumps, Politics
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If you were thinking about buying a magazine or two…
Publishers Weekly is reporting that not only are they up for sale by their publisher, Reed Business Information, but that Library Journal and School Library Journal are available as well. Without knowing the cost/profit information for each of these, I … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Blog, Library Journal, Online social networking, Publishers Weekly, Publishing, Reed Business Information, School Library Journal, Twitter, Web 2.0
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Awful Library Books
You know it, even if you don’t admit it… your library has books that should have been weeded years ago, but have hung around until they become anachronistically funny. To give you an anonymous outlet for this outlandish situation, there … Continue reading
Shorpy Photo Archive
Shorpy is a collection of photographs presented using a blog, but it is an especially captivating collection. A combination of historical photographs, found images, and personal/family photos, there is rarely an entry that doesn’t hold some interest for the viewer. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, History, Photography
Tagged Blog, History, Librarians' Internet Index, Photography, Shorpy
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One in Twenty
Blogs Falling in an Empty Forest is a New York Times article about blogging, specifically about the study showing an estimated 95% of blogs have not been updated in over 4 months. Does this signal an end to blogging? The … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, News
Tagged Blog, blogging, communication tool, Empty Forest, Facebook, Libology, Library, library technology world, New York Times, Twitter
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New Theme
Not a huge deal, but I just changed the theme of this blog to slight, which was created by Thematology. There are several reasons for this change, including: Wanting a theme that would fit better with the Libology logo (forthcoming) … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, News, Web Design
Tagged Blog, Libology, themes, Web Design, WordPress
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Death of a Blog
Not the death of this blog, but of the ending of The Patry Copyright Blog, which has been consistently informative, educational, and timely. I truly hope that William Patry returns to blogging at some point, as I can only guess … Continue reading
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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