Knowledge Is A Universal Natural Resource -- And Locking It Up Hurts Everyone Techdirt But if Ashley, for example, had patented aspects of his AJAX library, or his embeddable chat, would the world be a better place? It's likely that such chat features would not be as common. It's likely that such chat offerings (which are now everywhere) ...
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: For the good of the nation, broadband for all Computerworld By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Computerworld - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski recently announced a plan that would expand the Universal Service Fund's Lifeline program to include broadband Internet service.
The Library Test Kitchen Library Journal Questions: what form should the Harvard Libraries assume in the 21st century? Should they simply vanish into virtual desktops and merge into a timeless and placeless universal database? Should they alter their identity and become workshops, ...
'Hot' music in the Germantown Library Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online ?I figure they just have this universal appeal. The county is so diverse,? she says. As part of the 30th anniversary year, the Friends of the Library Montgomery County also will sponsor performances of the play ?Mystery in the Stacks? in several ...
Public checks out human library books at Utah State StandardNet Orr, 23 and a Farmington native, volunteered this week to be a "human book," sharing his personal knowledge of bagpipes and his Canadian family roots with anyone who arrived at Utah State University's Merrill-Cazier Library to check him out for ...
Library event targets new group Green River Star The library system also has access to databases dedicated to home improvement and repair as well as non-credit classes offered through Universal Class. Scott Kinney, the library system's director, said people can access the databases from their home, ...
Making College Students' Lives Easier: Questia Launches Free iPad App to Help ... Sacramento Bee ... and iPod touch app that helps college students write better research papers faster, Questia has released the universal version that now includes the iPad app, making Questia's vast online library and research tools accessible on all iOS devices.
Google Music Manager Update Lets You Download All Songs PC Magazine The company said in a post on the Android Google+ page that it has rolled out a new version of Music Manager that lets you download all of the songs you've added to Google Music, whether you uploaded them from your own library or bought them in the ...
Provo Library hosts book sale UVU Review Travel forward and back in time, around the globe and beyond; probe the psyches of housewives, heathens and heroes; explore universal conflicts and everyday events. Books can take us places ? they are like portal keys for journeys of the mind and ...
Dspace library opened Times of India She was inaugurating the Dspace digital library at St Albert's College, Ernakulam. "One of the greatest challenges that digital libraries will have to address is how to keep up with emerging technology in this changing world," the minister said.
Library sees success with new ebook system The Stute The program allows users to browse a collection of 15000 ebooks via the library search catalog, where complete digital copies of the books are provided by ebrary. If a user views ten pages of the book, or prints or downloads a page, the library...
IET Selects Publishing Technology's pub2web to Develop Its Digital Library What They Think The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced a partnership with Publishing Technology to redevelop and extend its Digital Library, the central access point for the organization's full text content online.
Digital camera program at Oshkosh Public Library The Oshkosh Northwestern The Oshkosh Public Library will offer some relief from this digital dilemma on Sat., Feb. 4 with a public program, "Getting the Most out of Your Digital Camera," at 2 pm in the library's lower level meeting room. The program, which is geared to ...
Library to host digital bookmobile Signal By Signal Staff The Digital Bookmobile National Tour will be offering free eBook downloads during a stop at the Valencia branch of the Santa Clarita Public Library on Feb. 5. The digital bookmobile will be showing library members how to take advantage ... Feb. 5: Digital Bookmobile to Stop in Santa ClaritaSCVNEWS.com
Library sees success with new ebook system The Stute It's the iTunes model meets the modern library: an online collection of thousands of ebooks available to purchase at the click of a mouse. In 2011, the SC. Williams Library at Stevens adapted a new patron-driven acquisition (PDA) program offered by ...
Expo Notes: KiteReaders? new interactive kids ebook promotes cultural awareness Macworld by Roman Loyola, Macworld.com While iPad textbooks have been making news as of late, ebooks in general are a pretty familiar sight on the iPad. While some ebooks are mere digital ?ports? of their printed counterparts, others, like Kite Readers' new Be ...
Jan's Paperbacks now selling Google eBooks TheTimes Jan's Paperbacks is now selling Google eBooks online at janspaperbacks.com. Google is partnering with the American Booksellers Association so indie bookstores can provide an easy way for their customers to discover, read, and buy e-books at competitive ...
Demand for ebooks in libraries increase RTE.ie Libraries say demand for digital lending has soared since Christmas, with 1000 ebooks a month being borrowed with the growing popularity of Kindles, EReaders, IPads and Smart phones. Libraries say demand for digital lending has soared since Christmas, ...
More Ereaders Brings Greater Demand for Ebooks School Library Journal The number of adults who own a tablet computer or ebook reader surged from 10 percent to 19 percent between mid-December 2011 and early January 2012, according to a study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Likewise, school librarians have ...
Public Library eBooks to be Showcased at Second Saturday Art Walk Feb. 11 Everything Long Beach (press release) Free eBooks and downloadable audiobooks from the Long Beach Public Library will be showcased next month when the Digital Bookmobile National Tour comes to town. Find the Digital Bookmobile at the Second Saturday Art Walk, Saturday, February 11, ...
The New York Public Library's Maps Project is a Time Machine for Your Neighborhood Village Voice (blog) Rather than run away from digitization, NYPL has embraced it, and has recently produced a series of projects which are helping make information more open to the public. The library just finished archiving its collection of public domain atlases, ...
Vlog: If DOE Can't Run a Website, Why Should We Trust It To Run a Bank? Global Warming (blog) Never before have we had so much data at our fingertips, thanks to digitization and the Internet. But information is only useful if it is accessible, searchable, and intelligible. Last August, the US Energy Department proudly announced a ?comprehensive ...
Recap of January 24 Clarkstown Board Meeting Rockland County Times ... to Tappan Zee Bridge Cameras, with Christopher J. Downes and Brigit W. Downes in a License Agreement about Town Conservation and Drainage Easements, with Hudson Microimaging, Inc. about a Records Digitization Project in the Personnel Department.
At ALA Midwinter, Librarians Show Some Fight Publishers Weekly The ALA Washington Office legislative session urged librarians not to wait for potential legislative solutions, but to more boldly assert their already existing?and legally sturdy?fair use rights in pursuing digitization projects.
Smithsonian gets dedicated funds for digitization and new media FCW.com Of the total year-by-year increase in the fund, $400000 is allocated for digitizing collections and $100000 for Web and new media projects. In recent months, the Smithsonian's new media projects have included Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blogs, ...
Visiting bishop welcomes new members at Sherwood Episcopal Church Baltimore Sun Trained archivists, librarians and digitization professionals will be available to scan privately held manuscript material for inclusion on the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage website. The project focuses on items created between 1859-1867 that ...
BoC gets ICT upgrade funding Manila Bulletin The BoC has started to actively pushing for these digitization projects to reform customs operations and increase revenue intake. Other ICT projects in the pipeline are the Online X-Ray Imaging System and the Petroleum Inventory System.
The Conversation Starts in Dallas . . . American Libraries Panelists will discuss how to ensure access to and discoverability of digitization projects after their creation and best practices for collaborating with other institutions. OITP will also host ?Do I Own These Ebooks or Not?
A WPA for History: Occupy the American Historical Association truthout We need a new WPA Federal Writers' Project, adapted to the changed times, needs and technologies of today. And with newer technologies, including digitization and the web, just imagine what we can do in making sources available and accessible.
At ALA Midwinter, Librarians Hear Messages of ?Empowerment? Publishers Weekly The ALA Washington Office legislative program featured a two-hour panel on digitization, which urged librarians to more boldly assert fair use rights in digitization projects, and not to let the fear of an unlikely infringement suit stop them from ...
