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From the Fiji Times: A goldmine of records in chronological order depicting historical moments in Fiji is being preserved for future generations. An Information Ministry statement says more than 15,000 hours of reels of films, video footage and thousands of photos are being sorted and catalogued before they are preserved digitally at the National Archives […]
The Study About IE Users Being Dumber than Opera and Chrome Users Was a Hoax
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|Here’s yet another reminder to question and consider about what you read as to source, currency, etc. Basically, does it sound fake. Does it sound to good to be true. Yes, common sense. However, common sense can also be assisted by great info and digital literacy skills that are more important now than ever before. […]
Conference Paper: "OpenEdition Freemium: Developing a Sustainable Library-Centered Economic Model for Open Access"
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|This paper will be presented at the World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly on Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Title: “OpenEdition Freemium: Developing a Sustainable Library-Centered Economic Model for Open Access” Author: Jean-Christophe Peyssard (Centre For Open Electronic Publishing, Marseille, France) In February 2011, the Centre for open electronic publishing (Cleo, […]
Legal Remedies for Medical Ghostwriting: Imposing Fraud Liability on Guest Authors of Ghostwritten Articles
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|Legal Remedies for Medical Ghostwriting: Imposing Fraud Liability on Guest Authors of Ghostwritten Articles Summary Points Ghostwriting of medical journal articles raises serious ethical and legal concerns, bearing on the integrity of medical research and scientific evidence used in legal disputes. Medical journals, academic institutions, and professional disciplinary bodies have thus far failed to enforce […]
“Millions of federal court records are being destroyed to save money” The federal courts are destroying millions of judicial case records that have been stored in the Federal Records Centers of the National Archives for decades, all in an effort to save money. The plan is to destroy all records on cases that did not […]
“Search needs a shake-up” is the the title of a commentary in the latest issue of Nature by Dr. Oren Etzioni. If you don’t know Etizioni by name you do know his work. His accomplishments are many and include: Co-Developer of MetaCrawler (an early web metasearch tool) Farecast (now offering fare predictions on Bing Travel) […]
Direct to “World Debt Comparison: The Global Debt Clock” (via The Economist) Data Available (2004-2012): Public Debt Per Person Total Public Debt Total Annual Debt Change Public Debt as a % of GDP Data (Back to 2000) Provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit Side-by-Side country comparisons also available. Hat Tip/Thanks: Visual Loop […]
From the CBC: The City of Toronto is facing down a serious budget shortfall. And as city council looks for places to cut, councilor Doug Ford, the brother of Mayor Rob Ford, started counting library branches. Today we look at the debate over balancing the books by closing libraries. Read Transcript/Listen to the CBC’s Current […]
From WSJ: Facebook Inc. is exploring an expansion of the information users see on its homepage, said people familiar with the matter, as competition in the social media space ramps up. The social network is working on changes to a central product, the News Feed, which filters activity on Facebook and shows users information that […]
UK Government Pledges Copyright Reform, Reactions From the Library and Publishing Communities
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|From Ars Technica: The British government today pledged (PDF) to enact significant changes to copyright law, including orphan works reforms and the introduction of new copyright exceptions. And the tone of the comments was surprising: the government agrees that “copyright currently over-regulates to the detriment of the UK.” CD (and perhaps DVD) ripping for personal […]