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Susan Kuchinskas reported that Google Extends Book Scanning Operation to allow users in 14 countries, including the UK, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa to conduct English language key word searches and then read selected pages from books the site has indexed. Related references to Google Print program
Following up on my August 26 posting, Patriot Act Used to Demand Library Patron Records, this news from the ACLU: “In Legal Papers Unsealed Today, Librarian Speaks of Fear of Imprisonment Over Government Gag in Patriot Act Challenge.” The affidavit of the librarian who works for the ACLU’s Doe client is available here. This document …
GPO’s “What’s New” website updates which provide links to full-text versions of significant government documents, is now also available via an RSS feed.
From GPO Access: “A number of Federal depository libraries were in the path of Hurricane Katrina. While it is too early to gauge the impact of this horrendous storm on those institutions, GPO is committed to helping our depository partners recover in any way that we can.” Federal Depository Libraries: Hurricane Katrina Aftermath
Yet another follow-up to my previous postings on this issue here and here; see this statement, Google Print Library Position ‘Backwards’: Copyright holder should not have to opt-out, from the Text and Academic Author’s Association past president. See also Writer Groups Not Backing Down In Fight With Google
Press release: “Today the Ronald Reagan Library is releasing an additional 175 pages from its re-review of the John Roberts’ records restricted from release on August 15, 2005. Of the pages being released today, 148 pages are being released in part and 27 pages are being released in their entirety. This material was originally withheld …
Will Googles Keyword Searching Eliminate the Need for LC Cataloging and Classification?by Thomas Mann, a Reference Librarian in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress. This paper was written for AFSCME 2910. “The larger the book collection, the morenot lessscholars are dependent on categorizations created by subject headings in catalogs and classified shelving …
Several articles today highlight the significance of yesterday’s ALCU announcement that the government has used authority granted by the Patriot Act, Sec. 505, on National Security Letters, to obtain copies of patron internet related activities from a library institution whose identity cannot be disclosed. The following quote from ALA’s Patrice McDermott is included in the …
“lib-web-cats is a directory of libraries worldwide. While the majority of the current listings are in North America, the numbers of libraries represented in other parts of the globe is growing. Each listing includes links to the library’s website and online catalog. Other information available includes the geographic location, address, library type, current and previous …
ACLU press release: “The American Civil Liberties Union today disclosed that the FBI has used a controversial Patriot Act power to demand records from an organization that possesses “a wide array of sensitive information about library patrons, including information about the reading materials borrowed by library patrons and about Internet usage by library patrons.” The …
From the AALL Government Documents Special Interest Section, see this searchable database of Fugitive & Electronic-Only Documents, that the committee has reported to GPO. [Mike Ravnitzky]
The University of Michigan Law Library is compiling and updating an extensive online library of links to documents authored by and about Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts, Jr.
