MORE 'ROUNDUP' POSTS
Research Library Leaders and a University Newspaper Comment on Authors Guild v. Google Decision
Academic Libraries, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles, Roundup
|We’re continuing to update our infoDOCKET roundup of news and comment about last week’s AG v Google decision. Here are a few of the latest entries. 1. “Fair use(ful)” An editorial from The Michigan Daily 2. “Google Books and Black-Box Copyright Jurisprudence” Blog Post by Eric Hellman (via Go to Hellman) 3. Interview With Robert Darnton, […]
From an EveryLibrary Blog Post by John Chrastka: Through last week’s Election Day, over 530,000 Americans cast a vote for – or against – libraries in elections all across the county. From the 47 voters in Athens, New York who punched a ballot about the D.R. Everts Library budget to the almost 160,000 people in […]
Compilation of Fast Facts About U.S. Military Veterans & A Brief History of Armistice Day/Veterans Day
Interviews, Libraries, News, Preservation, Profiles, Roundup
|A roundup of facts and stats via the U.S. Census. Each entry includes a direct link to the primary source. Direct to Facts for Features: Veterans Day 2013 Some of the Statstics Included in the Roundup 21.2 million Number of military veterans in the United States in 2012. 9.6 million Number of veterans 65 and […]
We plan to update this post with new and additional material as it becomes available. Also, John Chrastka From EveryLibrary.org offers comment/analysis about these results in a blog post: “2013 Library Elections “First Look” Colorado Lyons Library Tax Trails in Early Returns (via Times-Call) Connecticut Tolland Library Bond Question Passes (via Tolland Patch) $2.6 million […]
Illinois: “Battle of Orland Park Library’s Internet Porn Policy Heats Up”, Police Called to Library (Roundup)
Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Roundup
|Note: The Village of Orland Park, IL is a Chicago suburb located about 20 miles southwest of the city. Here’s a roundup of coverage from multiple sources. From the Chicago Sun-Times/Southtown Star: Is south suburban mom Megan Fox on a campaign to make the Orland Park Public Library safer for patrons, as she insists? Or is she […]
Here’s our latest roundup. Most of these stories were published in the past week. California San Francisco Library Urinator Damages $3,000 Worth of Books (NBC Bay Area) To Keep Libraries Open, Santa Monica Begins Charging [Non-Residents] for Library Cards (via Santa Monica Lookout) Illinois Geneva library board gets glimpse at ‘Vision for the 21st century’ […]
It has been a busy week at the Internet Archive with a bunch of announcements to introduce new research tools and policies. Congrats to the entire IA team on providing many essential Internet resources. A Roundup of What’s New 1. A Redesigned Wayback Machine Homepage 2. New Resource: Internet Archive Launches “NSA-Issues TV News Clip Library” […]
British Columbia Okanagan Regional Library System: Library budget will increase taxes (via Kewlona Capital News) Colorado Lyons County: Voting Options Offered For Library District Issues (via Lyons Recorder) Illinois Naperville library creating digital media lab at 95th Street (via Daily Herald) Kansas Topeka Library Talks RFID Update (via Topeka Capital Journal) Massachusetts Worcester: New library logo reflects […]
Alaska Kodiak Library Sheds Books Ahead of Move (AP via Juneau Empire) Audio report from KMXT also available. Indiana Kendalville: Library trustees question building project cost, scope (via KPCNews.com) Kansas Topeka And Shawnee County Library Opens New Kids Library (via WIBW) Includes video! Kentucky Carter County: Library bids much too high Maine Lending traffic at Maine libraries […]
From The Wall St. Journal: Google updated its terms of service Friday to say that beginning Nov. 11 it has the right to sell adult users’ profile names, photos and comments in reviews and advertising. [Clip] Here’s how its “shared endorsements” would work: If you rate a product on Google Play or give a product […]