Hi. I’ve added a wonderful little WordPress plugin called WP-CC that allows me to put a Creative Commons license on every page as a link [see icon at the bottom] and also machine readable code in the header of the HTML.
wifi in the library questions
The fiddling librarian is looking for some advice for publicizing the WiFi node he’s setting up at his library. Anyone been there, done that?
google print + harvard library
Interesting wrinkle in the Google Print Library project as it’s being worked out at Harvard Library. Publishers think Google needs to ask their permission before it copies their works, even if they’re in the public domain.
“The law does not permit wholesale copying (which is what digitisation is) by a commercial organisation of works that are still in copyright,†she wrote. “It is also illegal to make those works available digitally once they have been copied.â€
Morris wrote that Google needs to obtain permission from publishers before using their work. While she wrote that it may be impractical to ask every publisher, Google should ask permission through collective licensing organizations.
Also interesting, seems that while Google Print actually destroys the books it scans, Google Print Library does not.
Library Journal [sort of] responds to Gorman detractors
Does the latest Library Journal editorial regarding the Gorman v Bloggers melee just read like so much celebrity gossip? It mentions that half the emails he received were pseudonymous. I agree that it’s often a good idea to send both critique and compliments under your own name. However, let’s just remember that while Michael Gorman’s views may not “represent the official positions of either ALA or California State University Fresno” as LJ patronizingly reminds us, he’ll still be reading our responses as a person who occupies both of those roles. The Free Range Librarian is also unimpressed.
if at first you don’t succeed
Bernie Sanders — my rep in Congress — has reintroduced the Freedom to Read Protection Act. Learn more about this legislation at the Campaign for Reader Privacy site. Don’t forget what happened last time, get started advocating for this one early. [lisnews]