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An Introduction to the Thought of S.R. Ranganathan for Information Architects: “The Five Laws of Library Science – The Five Laws are the kernel of all of Ranganathan’s practice. They are: -Books are for use. -Every reader his or her book. -Every book its reader. -Save the time of the reader. -The Library is a …
Read the following articles in the new issue of LLRX.com: West Publishing Fires and Sues FindLaw Co-Founder Tim Stanley Public Libraries and the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Legal Sources Electronic Guide to the Best Mexican Law Websites Doing Legal Research in Canada – Updated Metaforix@Health: Healthcare, Online and Off Burney’s Gadgets for Legal Pros …
Today the House Judiciary Committee passed the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act, H.R. 3261. The bill has the backing of global publishers Reed Elsevier and Thomson Corp. The Committee’s press release See my previous postings on the legislation here. House Panel Sparks Database Controversy
A Survey of Digital Library Aggregation Services by Martha L. Brogan, Digital Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington DC, December 2003. From the Executive Summary: “This reports provides an overview of a diverse set of more than thirty digital library aggregation services, organizes them into functional clusters and then evaluates them more …
From Judith C. Russell, Superintendent of Documents, the text of her presentation from the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, in which she addresses the following topics: The GPO Reorganization Fact Gathering and Planning for the Future of GPO and the FDLP A New Economic Model for the GPO Sales Program Managing Legacy Federal Documents Collections
The Center for Democracy and Technology issued “Proposed Guidelines for Libraries Installing Filtering under Federal Law” during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting, underway in San Diego. Version 1.0 of Principles for CIPA-Mandated Filtering in Public Libraries “are intended to help libraries that are required to install Internet filtering software under the Childrens Internet Protection …
Web Conferencing for Libraries: “Can You Hear Me Now?”: “With Web Conferencing Technology (WCT), library users can get quick research consultations, enjoy tech support hand-holding, make and complete information requests and transactions, and receive bulky information content packages. Best of all, they can do it without taking the trouble to physically transport themselves over to …
Cities in revolt over Patriot Act Community Resolutions Condemning the Patriot Act
The Many Facets of Managing Electronic Resources. The author discusses “back-end management tools for library staff,” and “front-end management” products and applications to facilitate effective delivery of services to users.
On December 30, I posted on Gov’t Warning Issued About Terrorists and Almanacs. As a follow-up, see In Defense of Almanacs and Almanac carries lot of weight in warning – FBI’s recent alert has editor bemused: In both the articles noted above Kevin Seabrooke, a senior editor for The World Almanac and Book of Facts, …
FBI urges police to watch for people carrying almanacs: An FBI Intelligence Bulletin warning indicates that almanacs may be used by terrorists “to assist with target selection and pre-operational planning,” but acknowledges that use of such reference works may constitute “legitimate recreational or commercial activities.” The Register wonders if this includes the CIA World Factbook.
This past May, I posted on a digital book scanning project underway at the Stanford University Libraries. As a follow-up, the USA Today reports on automated digital scanning hardware and software from Kirtas Technologies, Inc. that facilitates the “digitization of massive document libraries, fully automating the scanning of bound documents (emphasis added) at a capture …
