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International Collaboration to Close the Digital Curation Gap
News | www.resourceshelf.com | 4 hours 58 minutes ago
From the Announcement:Scientists, researchers, and scholars across the world generate vast amounts of digital data, but the scientific record and the documentary heritage created in digital form are at risk from technology obsolescence, from the fragility of digital media, and from the lack
tiny Thom.as: God Bless Us Every One!
Blog | outofthejungle.blogspot.com | 10 hours 37 minutes ago
A Christmas Carol, and Tiny Tim is certainly different from tinyThom.As, but I just like the name so much, I couldn't resist. tinyThom.as is a new feature from Library of Congress.
http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2009/11/tiny-thomas-god-bless-us-every-one.html
From PW: Grimmelmann on Google Settlement's Rights and Wrongs
News | www.libraryjournal.com | Nov 23, 2009
New York Law School professor James Grimmelmann, whose made a name as a thoughtful and timely scholarly observer of the Google Book Search settlement (via his Laboratorium blog and other writings), in this week's Publishers Weekly writes about "what's right, what's wrong, what's left to do.
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6708443.html?nid=3310
Guardians of World Treasures Sign Salzburg Declaration on the Conservation and Preservation of Cultural Heritage
News | www.imls.gov | Nov 21, 2009
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a grant-making federal agency supporting museums and libraries of all types.
Why I voted Yes on the SLA name change
Blog | www.jasoneiseman.com | Nov 19, 2009
A few years ago I was asked to speak at an Enterprise Information Management conference in San Francisco. It was very exciting, the first time I had been asked to speak somewhere. I was slated to speak on the second day, but after attending the first day of sessions I was very nervous. It became
Judicial Opinions Now Available in Google Scholar
News | newsbreaks.infotoday.com | Nov 19, 2009
Google is now including full-text legal opinions from U.S. Federal and State District, Appellate, and Supreme courts in Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com). And I really like it. For the lay pubic, it is fun to search opinions because you not only get judges explaining how a particular law
Organisation for the benefit of libraries – DBV and BID
News | www.goethe.de | Nov 19, 2009
The German Library Association (DBV) has been committed to preserving and expanding libraries for 60 years, while the umbrella organization, Library and Information Germany (BID), has been doing the same for 20 years....
Google Scholar LOJ - Where Did Google Get the Cases?!
Blog | thelifeofbooks.blogspot.com | Nov 18, 2009
The word is out. Full text federal and state court opinions (to 1990?) can now be searched on Google Scholar. See the Official Google Blog post. If you take ...
http://thelifeofbooks.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-scholar-loj-where-did-google-get.html
Holiday Law Firm Challenge: Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank
Blog | conniecrosby.blogspot.com | Nov 18, 2009
A lot of people have been checking this blog for information about the upcoming Daily Bread Food Bank challenge for Toronto law firms. This year's challenge is about to start on Monday! I've just given a full write-up over at Slaw.ca: Holiday Law Firm Challenge: Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank.
http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com/2009/11/holiday-law-firm-challenge-toronto.html
Copyright Watch: Keeping a Global Eye on Copyright Law
Blog | distlib.blogs.com | Nov 13, 2009
New site launched by the Electronic Frontier Foundation today: Copyright Watch. "Working with academics, libraries and copyright monitors from across the world, Copyright Watch brings together the most recent copies of laws from as many countries as we could find....
http://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2009/11/copyright-watch-keeping-a-global-eye-on-copyright-law.html
