Monthly Archives: April 2008

Acknowledging the public domain

Posted on April 30, 2008 by John Mark Ockerbloom

Many online publishers, particularly those that have been around for a while, now have large quantities of material that is in the public domain. The reasons vary: Some material was produced by US government agencies, such as NASA. Some material … Continue reading →

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ILS-Discovery interoperation: New recommendation draft, last call for comments

Posted on April 24, 2008 by John Mark Ockerbloom

The new draft of the ILS-Discovery recommendations I mentioned in my last post is now out. You can download it, and read more about it, on our task force wiki. As I mentioned previously, we intend this draft to be … Continue reading →

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ILS-Discovery interoperation: It’s happening; more details coming soon

Posted on April 16, 2008 by John Mark Ockerbloom

As Peter Brantley, executive director of the Digital Library Federation, announced last week, we have an agreement with many of the developers and vendors of integrated library systems and discovery applications to support a basic set of functions to allow … Continue reading →

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Coursepack sharing: An idea whose time has come?

Posted on April 16, 2008 by John Mark Ockerbloom

For years, there’s been an uneasy truce between publishers and universities about the inclusion of copyrighted materials in universities’ online course web sites and “courseware” systems. Publishers and universities have been arguing for years over when posting such materials for … Continue reading →

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