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A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement – “On March 22, 2011, Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed settlement in copyright infringement litigation over the Google Library Project. Judge Chin found that the settlement was not “fair, reasonable, and adequate” as required by the Federal Rules of Civil …
via LLRX.com – A Proposal for Creating a National Digital Library System in the Public Mode: David H. Rothman contends that “education at all levels should be the main priority of a public national digital library system even though it should serve many purposes. How can we train Americans for more complicated jobs, in this …
Stop the Madness: The Insanity of ROI and the Need for New Qualitative Measures of Academic Library Success, by James G. Neal – Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University. “This paper is not a scientific study or a literature review or a reasoned analysis of the assessment literature on academic …
A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement, by Jonathan Band “On March 22, 2011, Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed settlement in copyright infringement litigation over the Google Library Project. Judge Chin found that the settlement was not fair, reasonable, and adequate as required by the Federal Rules …
News release: “[March 31, 2011], Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero opened The Watergate Gallery, a permanent exhibition at the National Archives Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. This new exhibition, designed to help todays visitor make sense of the web of personalities, actions and intentions at the heart of the Watergate scandal, …
“The Net, smartphones, and other technologies have added to the way people can engage with so much to local communities and wider communities of interest. Yet, there are many gaps. Lee Rainie. Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project explores those gaps at the Computers in Libraries conference. He points to …
Via LLRX.com – SharePoint, Training Not Required: Lorette Weldon’s research has identified that librarians are using SharePoint in the corporate, government, and non-profit sectors. She expertly identifies and illustrates how to leverage the power of this application through an understanding of the site templates that Microsoft bundles in SharePoint “out-of-the-box”. These templates are based on …
“In terms of presenting large amounts of information quickly and digestibly, an infographic is hard to beat. A good one can give a reader a sense of scale, proportion, and even narrative much more quickly than several paragraphs of explanation and explication. It’s the difference between recording your genealogy as a series of “begats” or …
“The Legal Information Institute of India (LII of India) was officially launched in Delhi on 9th March, 2011, followed by the first regional launch in Hyderabad on 11 March. Further regional launches will take place in Bangalaru and Kolkota over the next fortnight. Each launch is hosted by a partner National Law University. The official …
Via LLRX.com, Knowledge Discovery Resources 2011 – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation: This new guide by Marcus P. Zillman focuses on the most current and reliable resources for knowledge discovery available on the Internet. With the constant addition of new and pertinent information to the web, it is very easy to experience information overload. …
Egyptians Find Their Power in Access to Information: “Make no mistake: Access to information, in a country with limited resources, served as the first catalyst for the Egyptian revolution that began January 25 and resulted 18 days later in the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak after almost 30 years in office. The internet, along with …
The Triangle Research Libraries Networks Intellectual Property Rights Strategy for Digitization of Modern Manuscript Collections and Archival Record Groups, January 2011 – Laura Clark Brown, Judy Ruttenberg, and Kevin L. Smith, J.D. “Curated online exhibits have dominated the manuscript and archival digitization projects of academic libraries. These exhibits typically present a small number of selected …
