Libraries on Planet Google
It has been a week since news of the Google settlement with authors and publishers broke. Though rumors had been rife that it was imminent, I was still blown away by the scope of it. Of course the court still has to rule, but the outlines - if they remain intact - are stunning in [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on November 4th, 2008 under Books, Commercialization, Google, Technology Issues.
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Speaking of Seattle . . .
While you’re planning your ACRL travel - or if you’re still on the fence about it - here’s another event to consider. Radical Reference (”answers for those who question authority”) is planning a preconference unconference to be held on Thursday, March 12th on academic libraries and social justice, including programs and collections of an alternative [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on November 3rd, 2008 under Events.
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Are Books Next? About Time!
Jennifer Howard of The Chronicle reports on two heartening developments for academic publishing. One is that a company is providing easy-to-use software for managing digital content for university presses. It has been hard for UPs, which are in most cases very small enterprises with extremely tight budgets, to have the time and resources to develop [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on October 2nd, 2008 under Open Access, Scholarly Communications.
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The Mark of Zotero
This just in, via beSpacific - Reuters is suing George Mason University for violating the Endnote TOS. Apparently (though I’m not sure I really understand the issue - this news story is very cryptic) Reuters claims the organization violated the terms of service when they analyzed ways to convert style files from Endnote to Zotero. [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on September 28th, 2008 under Commercialization, Technology Issues.
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Information is Power - Even When it’s Wrong
Here is a guest post from Amy Fry, a San Diego-based librarian with whom I’ve done some research on aggregated databases. She was struck by the way a sloppy mistake in handling information led to a plunge in a company’s stock prices - and what the implications might be for information literacy. If you’re low [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on September 11th, 2008 under Information Ethics, Information Literacy.
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