Archive for 'information industries'
Another Case of the Missing Library
Steven just remarked on the Educause training toolkit for information literacy that somehow missed the fact that libraries have been working on it for some time. D’oh! This presentation on an Annenberg School-sponsored media survey also struck me as a place where “library” as a source of information is noticeably absent. (So are books.) Admittedly, [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on January 27th, 2008 under Commercialization, Privacy, information industries.
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Take Two
A follow-up on some previous posts . . .
Today’s New York Times has an opinion piece about the use of UK’s plaintiff-friendly libel laws to suppress publication of books in the United States. The authors, professors of law and of Jewish Studies at Emory, call attention to the way Cambridge caved when a billionaire Saudi [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on October 11th, 2007 under Books, Just Thinking, information industries.
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Times Selects “Open”
The rumor reported in the Post a few weeks ago got it right - The Times is no longer charging for its web content. They were making money on subscriptions, but they realized, apparently, they can make more on advertising if the doors are open. I’m sure their columnists are also happy that bloggers can [...]
Posted by Barbara Fister on September 18th, 2007 under information industries.
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