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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: Iowa
The 7-per-cent Self-Checkout Solution
The Kirkendall Public Library in Ankeny, Iowa wanted to install a self-checkout system. The $23,000 price tag meant that, at best, they would need to wait until they could raise the money to purchase the system. Eric Melton, circulation librarian … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, News, Software
Tagged Ankeny Iowa, Business/Finance, Iowa, Kirkendall Public Library, Self checkout, self-check, tech support, technology
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An Interesting Orphan Works Example
In a brief essay titled Orphan Works: A Rant, posted on ©ollecanea, Kenny Crews presents an interestingly common example of how a common encounter results in an orphan work. “…I kindly handed the camera to a total stranger, requesting a … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Photography
Tagged copyright law, Iowa, Kenny Crews, photographer
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Presidential Primary Results
I am a bit of a political junkie… and it generally won’t spill over onto this blog. However, one resource that I have found very interesting when examining Ohio and New Hampshire results has been Google Maps coverage of the … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Government, Maps, News, Politics
Tagged Google, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, search engine
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Big Google Book Search Library Project Announcement
Big news from the Google Book Search Library Project today: The number of libraries participating in the Google Book Search Library Project just got a whole lot bigger with today’s addition of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). The CIC … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Google, Libraries, News
Tagged Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Google, Illinois, Indiana University, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State University, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Ryan Eby, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin
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Dewey the Cat has died
Dewey Readmore Books, the mascot cat for the Spencer Public Library in Iowa, died on November 29th. Dewey was many things to many people, and I like the idea of library mascots. We had a Jack Dempsey Fish in the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, News
Tagged Dewey Readmore, Iowa, Jack Dempsey Fish, Spencer Public Library
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