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From EDUCAUSE: In this web seminar, Jonathan Band, a legal consultant and frequent author on intellectual property issues, will provide an overview of the case to date, and James Grimmelmann, an associate professor at New York Law School, will discuss the legal questions on which the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust lawsuit will turn, as well […]
The two conference is now underway at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. If you have an interest in eBooks, digital publishing, standards, and many related topics BiB 2011 will be of interest. Direct to the Live Video Stream Conference Program, List of Speakers (All Times Pacific) Tweets from Books in Browsers 2011 (#bib2011) Talk […]
The U.S. Census Bureau Reports: We are pleased to announce the release of the 2008-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) 3-Year Estimates, the most relied-upon source for up-to-date socioeconomic information every year. The release covers more than 40 topics, such as educational attainment, income, health insurance coverage, occupation, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry and selected […]
OAPEN-UK: New Project Will Look at Challenges of Open Access Scholarly Monograph Publishing
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Open Access, Publishing
|From the Program Announcement (via JISC): The academic monograph is under threat. Increased costs and lower print runs are impacting on the principle means by which researchers share their knowledge and disseminate their findings. The gold standard for academic excellence in many disciplines, the effective dissemination of the monograph has major implications for the UK’s […]
From Programmable Web: “Google Maps Usage Fees: How Many Developers Will Have to Pay?” This post discusses an announcement that some high volume users of the Google Maps API will begin to have to pay for access after certain quotas are reached. It’s likely that most users (including individual libraries) that use the Google Maps […]
Conference Paper: "Synergizing the Collections of Libraries Archives and Museums for Better User Services"
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|Author: Neelam Prasad (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) Source: IFLA Journal (October 2011) Article Begins on Page 20 of PDF) Abstract: The digital age has brought about new ways of information storage and information and communication technology has brought the stored information closer to its seekers. This has changed user behaviour in accessing information. This […]
From Today’s Official Announcement: EUscreen is a unique showcase of Europe’s television heritage. The portal www.euscreen.eu is officially launched today in celebration of UNESCO’s World Day of Audiovisual Heritage. [Clip] Major audiovisual archives in Europe have joined forces to offer unified access to the history of television in Europe. Thousands of video’s and images are […]
Today Is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2011
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
|From UNESCO: The theme for this year’s celebration of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2011 is “Audiovisual Heritage: See, Hear, and Learn.” [Clip] UNESCO has adopted 27 October as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage to better focus global attention on the issues at stake, in cooperation with the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives […]
Just in time for Halloween. Here’s a monster-sized roundup of some recent Google news, product updates, upcoming releases, and more. Services and Tools Google+ Adds Popular Stories, Post Analytics, Photo Filter Kits & Begins Supporting Google Apps by (Greg Finn, Search Engine Land) “Google Tweaks Advanced Search: Change Irks Some” (via PC World) Google Removes […]
Roundup: Reports and Materials from DPLA Plenary and Workstream Meetings
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports, Roundup
|Here’s a roundup of a few reports and other items posted after the DPLA Plenary concluded last Friday. INFOdocket was also at the meeting and will share a few thoughts very soon. We’ve also included a number of related items (links, notes, speeches, video, etc.). 1. “A National Digital Public Library Begins to Take Shape” […]