Scrapping in Detroit’s abandoned schools
Thu 26 Feb 2009, 10:28 pm
A link to a post on Sweet Juniper about what you might find in an abandoned Detroit school.
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Archive for February, 2009
Uncontrolled Vocabulary going on hiatus
Tue 24 Feb 2009, 7:04 am
Unvocab is going on hiatus so Greg Schwartz can clear his head and be more of a family man.
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ARL Task Force report on the OCLC records policy
Mon 23 Feb 2009, 11:06 am
The ARL has reported on their take on the OCLC records policy, and it’s a good read.
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The Brewin’ Librarian » What I’m finding as an Information Professional
My fellow Coloradan, Matt Hamilton, takes a look around and comes to the conclusion that "the library field is weird. No, really. I mean it…. I’m afraid we just might be making a mockery of ourselves. And we don’t have another 15 years to fix it. In 15 years the information landscape will have changed just as drastically as the web has changed us and if we don’t get serious we might just fall off the map completely." Matt is finishing his MLS, and he's written up a very interesting perspective on what's wrong with the field, what's right with it, and how he thinks we cold start to improve things.
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Matters of policy
Wed 18 Feb 2009, 9:32 pm
Big organization changes data policy, users break out the pitchforks. Name that controversy.
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Required reading on the history and future of the book?
Wed 18 Feb 2009, 3:56 pm
What would you assign a class of undergrads to read about “the history and future of the book?”
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Max Planck Institute page on open access to visual media | Radical Reference
Laura Crossett pointed out this link on Radical Reference to the Max Planck Institute's "Recommendations Concerning the Free Use of Visual Media for Scholarly Purposes." Interesting in light of the discussion around the Huntington's policies on the Darwin photo.
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Special collections and the public domain
Thu 5 Feb 2009, 11:28 am
It’s commonplace for libraries to assert rights they don’t have when it comes to the reproduction and publication of public domain images. That doesn’t make it right.
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My Top Tech Trend: Social software deathwatch
Wed 4 Feb 2009, 9:29 am
Inspired by LITA’s “Top Tech Trends” at ALA Midwinter, I put forth my nominee: Social software deathwatch. Are you sure those bits are going to be there tomorrow?
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