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Author Archives: John Mark Ockerbloom
Libraries: Be careful what your web sites “Like”
Imagine you’re working in a library, and someone with a suit and a buzz cut comes up to you, gestures towards a patron who’s leaving the building, and says “That guy you were just helping out; can you tell me … Continue reading
Posted in crimes and misdemeanors, data, libraries, people, privacy
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Early journals from JSTOR and others
Earlier this month, JSTOR announced that it would provide free open access to their earliest scholarly journal content, published before 1923. All of this material should be old enough to be in the public domain. (Or at least it is … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, open access, serials, sharing
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A digital public library we still need, and could build now
It’s been more than half a year since the Digital Public Library of America project was formally launched, and I’m still trying to figure out what the project organizers really want it to be. The idea of “a digital library … Continue reading
Posted in citizen librarians, copyright, libraries, people, sharing
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Opt in for open access
There’s been much discussion online about Judge Chin’s long-awaited decision to reject the settlement proposed by Google and authors and publishers’ organizations over the Google Books service. Settlement discussions continue (and the court has ordered a status conference for April … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, libraries, online books, open access
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Public Domain Day 2011: Will the tide be turned?
This year’s Public Domain Day, the day on which a year’s worth of copyrights expire in many countries, is getting particular attention in Europe, where events in various European cities commemorate authors who died in 1940, and whose works are … Continue reading
Posted in copyright
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You do the math
I recently heard from Peter Murray-Rust that the Central European Journal of Mathematics (CEJM) is looking for graduate students to edit the language of papers they publish. CEJM is co-published by Versita and Springer Science+Business Media. Would-be editors are promised … Continue reading
Posted in open access, publishing, serials, sharing
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