Library World Records just came out on McFarland a few months back. Great idea… in need of a new URL. The author has also compiled a “best music hits chosen by a librarian” page. And, of course, he’s collecting stats for a second edition.
Author: jessamyn
help out Eli with some facts about your library + copyright
I have been adding more and more rights©right type blogs to my RSS list lately including copyfight, Freedom to Tinker and EFF’s blog. Eli has been doing some work with digital archives and copyright as well and is looking for some help getting data for the Kahle v Ashcroft lawsuit. If you’re library is hestitating to digitze items published between 1964-1977 because of fear of copyright, she’d like to hear from you.
libraries love linux
Wow, I’m jealous. Our OPAC doesn’t even support different browsers and here’s one library that switched to a whole new operating system that can still use theirs [thanks eli].
hi – 05may
Hi. Yesterday was Greg’s birthday. It was also the day the Movable Type version of this blog hit 500 posts. I am sure when I am someday holed up with a broken leg, I will go backwards and post-process all the pre-2003 content so it’s searchable and keyworded and whatnot. For now, I’m just elated that it all works.
Daniel Boorstin memorial turns into “book lovefest”
I have been reading The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World which has a lovely foreword by James Billington, current Librarian of Congress. His predecessor, Daniel Boorstin, died recently at the age of 87. A memorial service was held yesterday at the Library of Congress.
“If Boorstin is remembered for nothing else, he will always be known as the one who opened up the Library of Congress to the people. Until he came along, the library existed pretty much to serve Congress. Boorstin saw the world’s largest repository of knowledge as “a multimedia encyclopedia” and insisted that the bounty be shared with everyone.” [see sidebar if you need a login. thanks dsdlc]