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Zotero Everywhere — Coming Soon to a Browser Near You

24 September 2010
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How do you organize your references when you are doing research? I’ve tried several different methods, both digital and manual. For a while, my favorite was Zotero, but I did not want to be tied to the Firefox browser; I prefer to use Safari. If there is any one immediate area where I would be [...]

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Visualization of the Metadata Universe

22 June 2010
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Jenn Riley, who is currently the Metadata Librarian with the Indiana University Digital Library Program, sent out a post to the DC-General mailing list yesterday, announcing the release of the wonderful visualization of the metadata universe. I will let her words speak for her; I have included the text of her email below. This resource [...]

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Google Books Settlement Paths Forward Diagram Released

4 March 2010
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Jonathan Band has developed a diagram charting the possible outcomes of the Google Books settlement. Designed by Tricia Donovan, the diagram is called, “GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement”, and has been released by the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and the Association of [...]

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So, What About that Review Series on Open Data Sites?

2 March 2010
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A month ago I said that I would begin a series of reviews of Open Data sites. I am and I have. I reviewed the UK’s Open Data site. So…where are the rest of the reviews?
First, I am reviewing the Open Data sites as part of my dissertation work, so I have had to determine [...]

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Will Return After a Short Break

10 February 2010
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I must attend to my research work. I will post again early- to mid- week next week (beginning February 15th).

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The Public Domain Manifesto

5 February 2010
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“The Public Domain Manifesto” has been released by COMMUNIA, the European Thematic Network on the digital public domain. If you would like to show your support for this cause, after you have read “The Public Domain Manifesto”, you may sign it. You may choose whether or not you would like your signature displayed online. Below, [...]

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Technical Difficulties Solved

28 January 2010

(Ignore this if you don’t like web geeking.)
I couldn’t work on this between 2:30 PM and 5:30 PM today, but I had determined the problem with the permalinks was the .htaccess file. One of the caching programs I had used and then uninstalled had overwritten the .htaccess file, so even though I had deleted out [...]

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Currently Having Technical Difficulties

28 January 2010

For reasons I don’t understand, the permalinks that worked perfectly fine early today and since I first created this blog, are not working and give users a 404 message. I am investigating and troubleshooting.

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HM Government Opens Up Government Data to the Public

21 January 2010
Data.uk.gov web site listing of all data sets

The British Government has released data sets to the public for use in either the public or private sectors at data.gov.uk.
Previously, the governments of the United States, Australia, and New Zealand had created data sites for use by the public, including commercial use. The primary idea behind the release of these data sets is [...]

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The Holiday Season Has Ended…

5 January 2010
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The holiday season has ended, and after a nice long mental break I will again endeavor to make sense of all of these articles about data, data management, and data preservation.
I hope all of you had a peaceful holiday season and/or winter break.

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