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by Rick Mason
Tag Archives: United States
Optimal Copyright Term Length
Forever Minus a Day? Some Theory and Empirics of Optimal Copyright (Pdf), a presentation by Rufus Pollock, examines the history of copyright terms and determines that the optimal term length is about 14 years (half of what the original copyright term was in both … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, History, Publishing
Tagged Rufus Pollock, United Kingdom, United States
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FOB : Firms Out of Business
FOB : Firms Out of Business is a database of publishing companies that are no longer in business. Why this type of database? The results screen provides information in tracking down copyright holders, useful for when you are attempting to … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Online Databases, Search
Tagged copyright owner, United Kingdom, United States
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Border Patrol, Library Style
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House has a somewhat unique situation: it straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. Now, according to this article in the Washington Times, the U.S. Border Patrol is cracking down on those who cross the border to … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Libraries, Maps, News
Tagged Haskell, Library Style The
Haskell Free Library, Library Style The
Haskell Free Library, the Washington Times;, U.S.-Canadian border, United States, Washington Times
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Fair Use Act
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has information on their site about HR 1201, a.k.a. The Fair Use Act, currently working its way through the U.S. House of Representatives, that would strengthen the fair use concepts that have been in existence … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Government, News
Tagged copyright law, electronic equipment, Electronic Frontier Foundation, U.S. House of Representatives, United States
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LibLime expands
LibLime, the U.S. based support company for the Koha open-source integrated library system (ILS), has acquired Katipo Communication’s Koha division. This is interesting news: not only will LibLime be in a much better position to offer support (it now employs … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, News, Open Source, Software
Tagged Australia, Katipo Communication, Koha installation, Nelsonville Public Library, New Zealand, software development, United States
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Creative Commons 3.0
Creative Commons has updated its license structure to allow for more flexibility when choosing a license, as well as balancing the laws of different countries with the ideals inherent in the CC license. The U.S. now has its own category, … Continue reading
FirstGov.gov is now USA.gov
Time to change your links… the site formerly known as FirstGov.gov is now USA.gov. The search page is USASearch.gov. Easier for people to remember, once they get used to the change! from ResourceShelf
Posted in Government, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Governor, search page, United States
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Stat Abs 2007
Yes, you are a library geek if you understand that the title does not refer to a quick workout plan, but to one of the best statistics resource for the U.S. The Statistical Abstracts of the United States: 2007 is … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Statistics
Tagged United States
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Intute: Virtual Training Suite
It is British, it is online, and it is free. It is Intute: Virtual Training Suite. What Intute is is a collection of web tutorials on a wide, wide range of subjects. Their aim is to give you an overview … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Search, Tutorials, WebSearch
Tagged Britain, online educational offerings, Open University, United States, web tutorials, web-based resources
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More news from Google Book Search
Google Book Search announced today that they were making public domain materials available for download. In the Information Today article, it was stressed that the downloads were the pdf image files, and were not able to be keyword searched, as … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Google, Libraries, Open Access, Search, WebSearch
Tagged Google, Michigan, the
University of Michigan, the
University of Michigan, U.S. government, United States
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Library Classification Systems
The New York Public Library is changing classification systems for their reference collection. Over the years they have used a unique system developed by their first library director, Dr. John Shaw Billings, appropriately named the Billings System. It hasn’t been … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Search
Tagged Adobe, Book;, classification systems, Congress, Dewey Decimal, first library director, Integrated Library Systems, John Shaw Billings, Library Classification Systems, Library of Congress, Library of Congress System, Online Public Access Catalogs, The New York Public Library, United States
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Movies in the Library
Movie Licensing USA is a licensing agent for many of the largest studios in the U.S., and describes themselves as being an easy step towards showing movies in your library without risking copyright issues. from Librarian.net
Posted in Copyright, Libraries
Tagged Librarian.net, United States
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