New Yorker magazine: Digitized Collections
Future Reading by Anthony Grafton
New Yorker magazine 11/05/07
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/05/071105fa_fact_grafton
2 comments October 29th, 2007
Archive for October, 2007
ALA Provides Answers to Librarians’ Copyright Questions
Calling all Michigan librarians! ALA’s Copyright Advisory Network (CAN) is a free service for librarians who want to learn about copyright or get help with their copyright questions. Please post your copyright questions on the CAN website!
To post a copyright question:
1. Register at: http://www.librarycopyright.net/wordpress/punbb/register.php
2. Log in.
3. Click on “Copyright Questions†and then click on “Post New Topic†and submit your question.
After you post, your question will be answered by one or more of the members of the CAN Team. Here’s a photo of us (the new 2007-2008 CAN Team) with Carrie Russell, Copyright Specialist at the ALA Wash Office (front row: Freya Anderson, Carrie Russell, Raizel Liebler, Claudia Holguin, me; back row: Janet Brennan Croft, Julia Binnie, Cindy Kristof, Molly Kleinman).
This photo was taken a couple weeks ago when we went to Washington, DC, for our CAN Team training at the American Library Association’s Washington Office. In addition to answering questions on the website (Network Forum), we’ll also have a blog and a copyright wiki. Stay tuned!
1 comment October 25th, 2007
Sharing, Privacy and Trust – new OCLC Report
OCLC announces the release of its new report, Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World. It is available online in PDF and will be available for order in print later this month.
In light of MLC’s annual meeting earlier this month, “Libraries Build Communities,” this is a timely report. Chrystie Hill, who was the keynote speaker at our annual meeting, blogged about OCLC’s latest report, saying:
“…bottom line: the creation of the ’social web’ is well underway. in general, users (and librarians) do not see a place for the library there. to me this is sad news, but i remain hopeful …” Read her entire post here.
Earlier OCLC reports (Perceptions and Environmental Scan) sparked a lot of discussion, and change, among MLC member libraries. I’m looking forward to hearing what our MLC members have to say about OCLC’s newest report.
1 comment October 25th, 2007
New Logo for OCLC
OCLC has a new look and a new tag line. Click here for the full press release from OCLC.
1 comment October 25th, 2007
Digital Preservation Survey
CDP@BCR is considering development of a grant proposal for a workshop and internship on long term digital preservation for digitization collaboratives. They would like to assess the interest in such a program among the collaborative digitization community and to gather some background information. If your library is involved in collaborative digitization, please take the time to complete their brief survey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=E3uY4d4ELARqjiUIzuWqeQ_3d_3d
1 comment October 23rd, 2007
Open Content Alliance
Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web
New York Times report on research libraries and digital collections.
1 comment October 22nd, 2007
Information R/evolution
A new video – Information R/evolution from Michael Wesch, who did The Machine Is Us/ing Us
1 comment October 18th, 2007
World Digital Library
Article in today’s New York Times:
Library of Congress Advances 2 Digital Projects Abroad
1 comment October 18th, 2007
Photos from Licensing Electronic Resources Workshop
There’s a new set of photos from today’s workshop–Licensing Electronic Resources: An Introduction–led by our Associate Director Ruth Dukelow. Click here to view the photos.
1 comment October 17th, 2007
“EnvisionMichigan†story competition offers $30,000 in prizes
The following is from a press release from The Center for Michigan. See especially #3 below for contest details to share with your staff and library patrons.
October 11, 2007 (Lansing, Mich.) – More than 1,000 of community leaders and citizens are meeting in more than 80 locations this fall to move Michigan past bitter, polarized politics to a new era of bipartisan leadership and problem solving.
The Michigan’s Defining Moment Public Engagement Campaign kicks off with these Community Conversations and an EnvisionMichigan Storytelling Competition with more than $30,000 in prizes.
Michigan citizens can immediately participate in three ways:
1. Join a Community Conversation. Have your say in Michigan’s future. Join this unprecedented series of statewide conversations to set a clear citizens’ agenda for a new Michigan. To reserve a seat, call 734-769-4625 or email info@thecenterformichigan.net. Contact us today because space is limited.
2. Share your views online. “Online Community Conversations†allow any Michigan resident to quickly register views on what Michigan must do transform its economy, government, and education system. Online participants can instantly see how their views compare to others’ statewide. Go to www.thecenterformichigan.net/community-conversations to participate.
3. Share your Michigan story and win! What do you love about Michigan? What do you want to change? What’s your best vision for our state’s future? How do we get there? Tell us in words, photos, or online audio/video stories. We’re offering more than $30,000 in prizes, including college scholarships, vacations to top Michigan resorts, and weekly Meijer shopping sprees. Go to www.thecenterformichigan.net/stories to enter. Sponsors include Boyne USA Resorts, Crystal Mountain Resort, the Grand Hotel, Meijer, the Presidents Council State Universities of Michigan, and Thunder Bay Resort.
The overall purpose of the Michigan’s Defining Moment Public Engagement Campaign is to establish a statewide, citizen-driven agenda to help navigate Michigan through a critical era of change and challenge and transform Michigan to a new era of prosperity.
For further information, see: http://www.thecenterformichigan.net
2 comments October 15th, 2007