Library Cataloging
Last week a blow was struck against Fair Use when 3-2-1 Studios was required to stop selling its software that would make copies of DVD's. DCMI was held to override the public interest of making backup copies for personal or fair use.Let your congressperson know you want Fair Use restored. A simple form will send an e-mail to your senators and representative.
- Tla District 8 Fall Meeting
District 8 of the Texas Library Association (TLA) has issued a Call for Proposals for the District Conference. The conference is a little early this year, so please submit by July 31. "Your experience and expertise will make an enriching and diverse conference...
- Copyright
News from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.EFF LAUNCHED THE "TEACHING COPYRIGHT" CURRICULUM THIS WEEK to counter misleading educational materials produced by the entertainment industry -- materials that typically try to scare students into believing...
- Eprints
Prospects for institutional e-print repositories in the United Kingdom by Michael Day discusses the UK project to establish an eprint server by harvesting metadata from institutional and subject-based e-prints archives using the Open Archive Initiative...
- Distractions
On LibraryPlanet the other day there was a piece on a new device and RIAA. It was dealing with copyright, fair use, and other intellectual concerns. I missed all that in a fit of technolust. I just wanted a Neuros MP3 player. Some day I'll have to...
- Autocat
After posting about the Radical Cataloging List it is only fair to mention the most important list for catalogers AUTOCAT "AUTOCAT is a semi-moderated international electronic discussion list running on LISTSERV(R) software. It serves as an electronic...
Library Cataloging
Fair Use
Last week a blow was struck against Fair Use when 3-2-1 Studios was required to stop selling its software that would make copies of DVD's. DCMI was held to override the public interest of making backup copies for personal or fair use.Let your congressperson know you want Fair Use restored. A simple form will send an e-mail to your senators and representative.
- Tla District 8 Fall Meeting
District 8 of the Texas Library Association (TLA) has issued a Call for Proposals for the District Conference. The conference is a little early this year, so please submit by July 31. "Your experience and expertise will make an enriching and diverse conference...
- Copyright
News from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.EFF LAUNCHED THE "TEACHING COPYRIGHT" CURRICULUM THIS WEEK to counter misleading educational materials produced by the entertainment industry -- materials that typically try to scare students into believing...
- Eprints
Prospects for institutional e-print repositories in the United Kingdom by Michael Day discusses the UK project to establish an eprint server by harvesting metadata from institutional and subject-based e-prints archives using the Open Archive Initiative...
- Distractions
On LibraryPlanet the other day there was a piece on a new device and RIAA. It was dealing with copyright, fair use, and other intellectual concerns. I missed all that in a fit of technolust. I just wanted a Neuros MP3 player. Some day I'll have to...
- Autocat
After posting about the Radical Cataloging List it is only fair to mention the most important list for catalogers AUTOCAT "AUTOCAT is a semi-moderated international electronic discussion list running on LISTSERV(R) software. It serves as an electronic...