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IJDC | Peer-Reviewed Paper. Towards the Preservation of the Scientific Memory. Brian Matthews, STFC Scientific Computing Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; Shirley Crompton, STFC Scientific Computing Department, Daresbury Laboratory. The International Journal of Digital Curation. ISSN: 1746-8256. “In this paper we consider the requirements for preserving the memory of science. This is becoming more challenging as …
Wasserman, Melissa F., What Administrative Law Can Teach the Trademark System (May 7, 2015). Washington University Law Review, Vol. 93, 2016, Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2603890 “In 2014, the Patent and Trademark Office (Trademark Office or Agency) made national headlines when it cancelled the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration. The Washington Redskins, a National …
A Report from the Office of Science and Technology Policy In Response to the Requirements of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 April 2015 “EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into the law the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (COMPETES). Section 105 of COMPETES added Section 24 (Prize Competitions) …
EFF – Karen Gullo – “When is a government rule not a rule? Making that question difficult, when it should be simple, seems to be the government’s leading strategy in a hearing this week in Twitter Inc.’s lawsuit challenging the government’s squelching of its transparency report. Twitter wants to provide a closer look at how …
Via The Nation – Librarians Versus the NSA – Your local library is on the front lines against government surveillance, Zoë Carpenter “Alison Macrina had bad news for the 30 or so librarians in the darkened auditorium on a recent Friday. “Your password is bad,” she informed them. “I’m really sorry. Everything you’ve learned about …
Via Michel-Adrien: ” U.S. vendor HeinOnline has created a series of online interviews entitled An Oral History of Law Librarianship.The interviews are part of the HeinOnline library Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf and are also viewable on the HeinOnline YouTube channel. The videos contain interviews of active and retired law librarians and others related to …
