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Google Book Settlement Rejected: Press Review, Comments, and Resources
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UPDATED (March 27, 2011, 10:30pm EDST) Recent Additions “Doing Google Books Right” (by David Weinberger, Joho the Blog) Now it seems it’ll be up to Congress to address the orphaned works problem. But given Congress’ maniacal death-grip on copyright, it seems unlikely that common sense will have any effect and our culture will continue to […]
The conference took place at the Internet Archive at the end of February. You can review a list of speakers and presentation titles here. Direct links to the videos here. INFOdocket also has links to several presentations (slides and other materials) from several sessions: Day 1 ||| Day 2 Each of these posts include text […]
Yes, that’s the actual headline. Cool! (-: From an Article by Phoebe Connelly, TheAtlantic.com: I kept coming back to the librarians as I talked to people at SXSWi because this micro-track mirrored what I saw tweeted and written about the conference as a whole. Interactive didn’t feel blindly focused on discovering the killer app. Tech […]
Upcoming Events: Newly Created University Press Content Consortium Featured in March 23 Webinar
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From Info Posted on the NFAIS (National Federation of Advanced Information Services) Web Site: NFAIS is pleased to announce that Dean Smith, Director of Project Muse, Johns Hopkins University Press, has been added as a speaker to the NFAIS-sponsored webinar on March 23rd to address the creation of the University Press Content Consortium. The new consortium was […]
From an ACRL Announcement: Text acrl2011 to 66746, or visit www.acrl.mobi, to access our mobile conference schedule, complete with session and exhibitor information. Create your personalized mobile schedule and access from your phone during the conference. Want to stay in the know on sessions and events in Philly? Text acrlerts to 66746 to receive free […]
After a day of pre-conferences on Wednesday the WebWise 2011 conference got underway today in Charm City (aka Baltimore). A signature initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the WebWise Conference annually brings together representatives of museums, libraries, archives, systems science, education, and other fields to explore the many opportunities made possible by […]
Video: Presidential Libraries: "Preserving Presidential History"
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Via C-SPAN.org: In 1939, Franklin Roosevelt donated his personal and presidential papers to the Federal Government. As a result, the Presidential Library system was formally established. Yet, the dilemma of presenting the history of former presidents has not been without controversy. The preparation of a new Watergate exhibit at the Nixon Presidential Library is one […]
The 2011 SLA Annual Conference is scheduled to take place in Philadelphia, PA from June 12-15. Tom Friedman and James Kane are the keynote speakers. Conference Homepage New: 2011 Conference Digital Preliminary Program From the SLA Blog: With the digital conference preview program you can: Search events and sessions (look for links to the online […]
From a Program Summary on the C-SPAN.org Web Site: The Communicators sat down with Professor Clay Shirky at this year’s “State of the Net” conference. Given the growth of smartphones, Shirky speculates on the future ways users will be able to access the Internet and uses the political unrest across the Middle East as an […]
Slides, Notes, and Tweets From Day Two of the 2011 Personal Digital Archiving Conference
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The 2011 Personal Digital Archiving Conference at the Internet Archive in San Francisco concluded on Friday. You can find the complete conference schedule here. + Tweets from the conference are using the hashtag #pda2011. + Session Notes by Diana Wakimoto (via The Waki Librarian) Thanks Diana! Awesome job! Hat Tips & Thanks: Bill Lefurgy and […]
