Friday, October 3, 2008
Why We Need A New Approach to Putting Library Collections Online
see full article in the CHE:
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/?id=3362&utm_source=at&utm
Presidents of major universities want more library materials distributed online, without prohibitive charges.
At the Universal Access Digital Library Summit, held on September 24 and 25 at the Boston Public Library, Mark Huddleston, president of the University of New Hampshire, Peter Nicholls, provost of the University of Connecticut, and Jack Wilson, president of the University of Massachusetts, called for new approaches to the digitization of library collections that will allow access for all. The presidents urged libraries to halt what they described as an assault on the public’s right to knowledge, done in the name of copyright.
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/?id=3362&utm_source=at&utm
Presidents of major universities want more library materials distributed online, without prohibitive charges.
At the Universal Access Digital Library Summit, held on September 24 and 25 at the Boston Public Library, Mark Huddleston, president of the University of New Hampshire, Peter Nicholls, provost of the University of Connecticut, and Jack Wilson, president of the University of Massachusetts, called for new approaches to the digitization of library collections that will allow access for all. The presidents urged libraries to halt what they described as an assault on the public’s right to knowledge, done in the name of copyright.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
HSRC leads the way in free online publications
This is fantastic - Bloomsbury to have free online books (our HSRC cited as a good example to follow!)
2 NEW DIGITAL MODELS PROMISE ACADEMIC PUBLISHING FOR
PROFIT:
New ventures explore ways for academic publishers to put
monographs online without driving themselves out of business.
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/10/4842n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_mediu
m=en
2 NEW DIGITAL MODELS PROMISE ACADEMIC PUBLISHING FOR
PROFIT:
New ventures explore ways for academic publishers to put
monographs online without driving themselves out of business.
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/10/4842n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_mediu
m=en
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
How to build a Web we can trust
from SciDevNet
http://www.scidev.net/en/editorials/how-to-build-a-web-we-can-trust.html
The World Wide Web's inventor wants to make websites more trustworthy. This should be done by encouraging good practice, not imposing strict rules.
Interesting that under the section entitled: "Dangerous inability" in this article mention is make of Thabo Mbeki's night-time web-surfing excursions!
http://www.scidev.net/en/editorials/how-to-build-a-web-we-can-trust.html
The World Wide Web's inventor wants to make websites more trustworthy. This should be done by encouraging good practice, not imposing strict rules.
Interesting that under the section entitled: "Dangerous inability" in this article mention is make of Thabo Mbeki's night-time web-surfing excursions!
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