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Build a better registry: My intended comments to the Library of Congress on the next Register of Copyrights
The Library of Congress is seeking public input on abilities and priorities desired for the next Register of Copyrights, who heads the Copyright Office, a department within the Library of Congress. The deadline for comments as I write this is … Continue reading →
The worth of the work
A number of research libraries, including the one where I work, are increasingly interested in catalogs built on linked data rather than on MARC records. Linked data work has been going on for years, in the hopes of reaping benefits … Continue reading →
Posted in discovery, libraries, metadata, online books
Public domain serials: Renewal inventory complete!
I’m pleased to announce an important milestone in the IMLS-funded project I’m leading to help open access to 20th century public domain serials. We now have a complete, openly published inventory of all serials with active issue or contribution renewals … Continue reading →
Adding more, and more structured, information about public domain serials
I’ve been happy to hear from a number of people and institutions interested in the IMLS-funded project we now have underway to shed light on the hidden public domain of 20th century serials that I discussed in my last post. … Continue reading →
Posted in copyright, metadata, open access, science fiction, serials, sharing
New IMLS-funded project: Opening access to 20th century public domain serials
I’m happy to report that over the next year, I and others at Penn will be working on a project that the Institute of Museum and Library Services has just funded to help open access to the vast public domain … Continue reading →
Posted in awards, citizen librarians, copyright, metadata, open access, serials, sharing
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Forward to Libraries update, and some thoughts on sustainability and scale
It’s been a while since I posted about Forward to Libraries, but if you’ve been following my Github repo, you may have noticed that it’s had a steady stream of updates and growth. If making connections across library collections or … Continue reading →
The value of catalogs in the linked data era: Two recent talks
I’ve recently uploaded two talks I gave this year to my Selected Works site. I presented “How Not to Waste Catalogers’ Time: Making the most of subject headings” at the Code4lib 16 conference in Philadelphia in March. “How to Read … Continue reading →
Posted in discovery, metadata, open access, sharing, subjects
Going beyond 1922: Finding periodicals with (and without) renewed copyrights
As mass digitization progresses, and as copyright terms grow longer, we now have access to much more literature from 1922 and the years before it than from the years that come soon after it. This graph by Eric Crampton, based … Continue reading →
Some presentations on reading (and linking) libraries
Have you ever wanted to read a library? I know I have. More than once when I was young, and introduced to a new library, I’d contemplate, if just for a moment, whether I could read every book in it. … Continue reading →
50,000 online book and serial catalog records released as CC0
What a difference a few years can make. A few years ago, folks in the library world (myself included) were arguing about whether it was a good idea to let other people copy and build on their catalog records. Whether … Continue reading →
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