Category Archives: sharing

Views of possible future architectures of cataloging

Posted on May 29, 2008 by John Mark Ockerbloom

PALINET convened a symposium today here in Philadelphia on the future of cataloging. There was a full turnout, with over 150 library professionals attending. It appeared that the organizers had to scramble a bit to distribute lunch to the large … Continue reading →

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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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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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We call dibs! (or, the genius of the Harvard mandate)

Posted on February 22, 2008 by John Mark Ockerbloom

The Harvard Arts and Sciences faculty recently approved a resolution giving the University permission to make their scholarly articles available to the world at no charge. Here’s the official press release from Harvard, and here’s the text of the resolution, … Continue reading →

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Close readers

Posted on January 28, 2008 by John Mark Ockerbloom

There’s been a lot of public fretting lately over the state of reading. People don’t read as much as they once did, we’re told. When it’s pointed out that in fact lots of people are reading online, we’re sometimes told … Continue reading →

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More on subject maps

Posted on January 23, 2008 by John Mark Ockerbloom

The slides for my ALA Midwinter presentation on subject maps (which I described in a previous post) are now online. (Yes, I’m playing around with BePress’s Selected Works.) You can also find links to the presentation, a white paper, and … Continue reading →

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Public Domain Day gifts

Posted on January 1, 2008 by John Mark Ockerbloom

Quite the festive day today! All over the world, people who use the Gregorian calendar are celebrating New Year’s Day. Here in Philadelphia, it’s Mummer’s Parade day. And in my church, it’s a special day dedicated to Mary, the mother … Continue reading →

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Quick links of interest

Posted on December 17, 2007 by John Mark Ockerbloom

Some resources I’ve recently hear about that look like they deserve some attention (which I haven’t given them yet, but find worth noting now) The first issue of the Code4lib journal is out, with lots of interesting-looking articles on next-generation … Continue reading →

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Kids on the lawn, and copynorms

Posted on December 14, 2007 by John Mark Ockerbloom

There’s an interesting discussion over in John Scalzi’s blog about a new organization called the Organization for Transformative Works, which essentially aims to legitimize fan fiction as first-class expressions safe from copyright challenges. As I write this, there are over … Continue reading →

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Copyright information sharing: An update

Posted on December 7, 2007 by John Mark Ockerbloom

I regularly get mail about the web pages I have on copyright registrations and renewals and the inventory I did on the first renewals of periodicals. Turns out a lot of folks, both inside and outside of libraries, are interested … Continue reading →

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