From the monthly archives: May 2011
ATG Article of the Week of May 30, 2011
What’s at Stake in the Georgia State Copyright Case. The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 30, 2011.
This lawsuit was one of ATG’s Hot Topics for Friday, May 27. This article delineates many of the issues in the case and includes comments from authorities [...]
Read More... →ATG Book of the Week of May 30, 2011
The Alice Behind Wonderland by Simon Winchester. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. 110 pages 9780195396195
This is a quick and entertaining read by the gentleman who wrote The Professor and the Madman (about the OED) among other good books. This one’s about Lewis Carroll (Charles [...]
Read More... →by Katina Strauch, Editor
The Georgia State University lawsuit is in full swing. An injunction has been requested by Cambridge, Oxford, and Sage and the CCC. The injunction would limit the amount of copying by professors that could take place without paying licensing fees. Currently professors make copies based on fair use guidelines. As Kevin [...]
Read More... →Submitted by Dennis Brunning, Arizona State University
At the G-8, France’s President, Nicholas Sarkozy, wants internet law and order. In response (and suit) Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook argues, a closed web is a dead web. What do librarians want–or what do we really need?
Your links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/technology/25tech.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Please be reminded that Early Bird registration for the Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP 2011), comes to an end on JUNE 1.
Read More... →Name: Connie Foster
Title: Interim Dean, WKU Libraries
Organization: Western Kentucky University
Address 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green KY
Phone 270-745-2904
Fax 270-745-6422
Email connie.foster@wku.edu
Website www.wku.edu/Library
Born and Lived: born in Buffalo NY; have lived in Greensboro NC (through November of 9th [...]
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