Library Journal RSS Feed Library Jounral en_us Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:19 http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls   Photo courtesy of James Duncan Davidson and O'Reilly Media Since the early 1990s, Carl Malamud has made it his business to return to the public what is rightfully theirs: free access to public information. Despite legislation that mandates such acc... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/887221-420/public_information_for_all_an.html.csp D.Rabina CopyrightFairUse 664340@elibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 A number of recent announcements have greatly expanded the research bandwidth available to investigate the pool of orphan works in the HathiTrust collections—a fact that could stir discussion on orphan works access, both in and out of academia. On August ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/891836-420/hathitrust_orphan_works_project_grows.html.csp Josh Hadro CopyrightFairUse 815496@elibraryjournal.com Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:19:27 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesSoftware vendor appeals ruling over secondhand salesClaims it has sole authority to license prodect,not sell itLibrary organizations cite role of longstanding copyright lawSeveral library organizations (Amer... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/884579-420/library_groups_join_in_filing.html.csp Lynn Blumenstein CopyrightFairUse 581216@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesFrom Publishers Weekly:In an 8-0 ruling, the United States Supreme Court this week reversed a Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that voided a 2005 a settlement in one of the central rights disputes of t... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/884562-420/supreme_court_sends_tasini_case.html.csp CopyrightFairUse 581155@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesGSU claims sovereign immunityIs checklist skewed toward fair use?Settlement may be possibleIn a significant development-or perhaps a last gasp-both sides in a contentious legal battle over electronic course ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/884446-420/both_sides_angle_for_victory.html.csp Andrew Albanese, Publishers Wee CopyrightFairUse 580579@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Filtering is collection developmentFirst decision to back full filteringDissent points to need for disablingRural countyState Librarian: it's about community needs, not free speech(Updated May 7 with statement from Washington State Librarian Jan Walsh) In... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/884088-420/updated_washington_supreme_court_6-3.html.csp Norman Oder CopyrightFairUse 578750@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 In 2008, some of the world's great research libraries created HathiTrust, a unified, comprehensive digital collection of the published record. As the Google settlement winds its way forward, many will surely wonder how HathiTrust will relate to the produc... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/883691-420/backtalk_hathitrust_and_the_google.html.csp John Wilkin CopyrightFairUse 551436@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 In 2004, when five libraries inked the first book-scanning agreements with Google, it seemed like the company was offering a public service. Google's plan to digitize the great libraries of the world conjured images of a vast, freely accessible Internet p... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/883690-420/backtalk_free_or_fee_to.html.csp Richard K. Johnson CopyrightFairUse 551426@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesFederal judge grants preliminary approvalHearing June 11, 2009More support from outside library community(This article first appeared in the November 20 LJ Academic Newswire.) For such a broad,... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/862460-420/story.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 444504@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 New guide via ARL and ALAIn-copyright books: 20% displayPublic Access Service: one terminal for 4000 FTEGo back to the Academic Newswire for more stories(This article originally appeared in the November 18 issue of the LJ Academic Newswire.) ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/862448-420/story.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 444445@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesCritics question library accessBrantley suggests more free terminalsLA Times takes up libraries causeWhile the Google Book Search settlement has prompted much debate, commentators have only beg... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/862420-420/story.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 444305@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Do your patrons ever ask you why only a portion of the text from an ebook may be copied and printed? Do students want to know why certain databases can be accessed in the library but not remotely? Is a library user surprised to find that 30 copies of a mu... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/862362-420/story.csp Cheryl Miller Maddox CopyrightFairUse 444014@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Future policies likeNIH would be barredWitness list announcedDraft text posted, but bill not yet introducedThe public access battle lines have been drawn: if passed, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, set for a Congressional hearing tomorrow, would... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/861920-420/story.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 441804@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 What about digital ILL?Internet Archive a 'cloud'; over deliberationsCongressional hearings may be comingThis spring, the Section 108 Study Group, chartered in 2005 to inform legislative changes to update the Copyright Act's exception for libraries and ar... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/861527-420/story.csp Norman Oder CopyrightFairUse 439839@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 (A preview of an editorial appearing in LJ's May 1 issue.) A stealth attack on U.S. freedoms-intellectual, academic, and personal-came to a halt in early April, at least for the time being, when quick action by librarians restored the term abortion to the... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/861030-420/story.csp Francine Fialkoff CopyrightFairUse 437356@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Recommendations intended to 'provide a basis on which legislation could be drafted and recommended to Congress.';Report recommended the Section 108 exception be extended to museumsOther major issue concerns libraries' ability to capture 'publicly dissemin... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/860951-420/section_108_study_group_issues.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 436960@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 3000 titles will be availableNo DRM means compatibility with iPods, iPhonesLibraries will remind patrons of copyrightFor years, librarians and patrons have complained that the most popular digital audio player, the iPod, was incompatible with the Windows ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/860911-420/story.csp Norman Oder CopyrightFairUse 436759@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Hopes were raisedPlaintiffs thought copyright extension warranted reviewSuit brought by OCA foundersThe U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Kahle v. Ashcroft, brought by Internet Archive and Open Content Alliance founders Brewster Kahle ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/860441-420/story.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 434409@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesManual addresses theoretical and practical issuesDeals with no-permission-needed scenariosOffers case studies, sample check lists, agreementsAddressing the "great uncertainty associated with the copyright im... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/856168-420/story.csp Lynn Blumenstein CopyrightFairUse 413003@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 (For a set of links, go to LibraryJournal.com/GoogleBookSearchSettlement.)From Publishers Weekly:Afederal judge overseeing the approval process for the Google Book Search settlement has rejected an attempt by the Internet Archive (IA) to intervene in the ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854807-420/judge_rejects_internet_archive_motion.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 406217@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Google and Sony announced in March a deal that would make some public domain titles scanned by Google available on the Sony Reader. Financial details were not disclosed; however, major media outlets framed the deal as something of a wedge by Sony against ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854636-420/sony_google_strike_public_domain.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 405366@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Times article may be sign of changing public attitudesMore amicus briefs comingGoogle blames MicrosoftGo back to the Academic Newswire for more stories(For a set of links, go to LibraryJournal.com/GoogleBookSearchSettlement.)While much mainst... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854619-420/academics_citing_public_interest_plan.html.csp Norman Oder CopyrightFairUse 405281@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Kennedy School joins FAS and Harvard LawMandates identicalPolicy includes opt-outGo back to the Academic Newswire for more stories(This article first appeared in the March 17 issue of the LJ Academic Newswire.) The faculty of the John F. Kenn... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854480-420/harvardaposs_kennedy_school_also_embraces.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 404586@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesNIH policy made permanentLibrary community supportiveConyers bill would repeal policy(This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of the LJ Academic Newswire.)Public access to research ju... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854451-420/permanent_for_now_bill_solidifies.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 404441@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 NIH mandate to bepermanent?Conyers' challenge loomsCopyright issue?Go back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesWhen it comes tolegislation,awordor phrase can make a big difference.However, one word ("thereafter") tucked into current fede... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854434-420/in_2009_appropriations_bill_nih.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 404356@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854414-420/lessig_eisen_conyers_trade_barbs.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 404256@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 End print law journalsGreater access to scholarshipSupported by more than 30 top law schools, lawlibrariansGo back to the Academic Newswire for more stories(This article appeared in the March 3 issue of the LJ Academic Newswire.) In a broad c... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854310-420/story.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 403736@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Case will be heard in fallIssues still far from resolutionNo copyright, no peace?Go back to the Academic Newswire for more stories(This article first appeared in the March 3 issue of the LJ Academic Newswire.) In yet another twist to what may... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854309-420/tasini_case_goes_back_to.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 403731@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesChairman of AAP offers predictionsAmazon and Google gain duopoly?Revenue stream from libraries?(This article first appeared in the February 26 issue of the LJ Academic Newswire. For a set of li... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/854281-420/story.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 403591@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Go back to the Academic Newswire for more storiesJeff Jarvis, founding editor of Entertainment Weekly and journalism professor at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, is probably best known as a new media pundit, via... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/853959-420/lj_talks_to_jeff_jarvis.html.csp Norman Oder CopyrightFairUse 401961@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) last week issued a study suggesting that "fair use dependent industries" contributed more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States in 2006, roughly one sixth of the nation's gro... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/851601-420/study_suggests_quotfair_usequot_means.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 389743@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 After two ineffective years of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy that requested researchers to deposit copies of their final papers in PubMed Central (PMC), both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have included provisions in their... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/851286-420/congress_backs_nih_access_policy.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 388161@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Google and the 12 universities in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) announced today that they have entered into an agreement to digitize up to 10 million bound volumes. In one swoop, the deal represents a two-thirds jump in the number of li... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/851087-420/google_scan_plan_expands_gaining.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 387161@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/851067-420/cyberexperts_fight_the_riaa.html.csp Andrew Albanese CopyrightFairUse 387062@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Wall Street Journal reports that publishers are lining up to make a buck off the tenth anniversary of Princess Diana's death. Leading the pack is Random House with Tina Brown's The Diana Chronicles, in which the British columnist and former editor of ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/850901-420/publishers_cashing_in_on_tenth.html.csp CopyrightFairUse 386230@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Say Swets, and most librarians immediately think subscription agent, but in the past few years the company has expanded its horizons, most recently incorporating MuseGlobal's Content Mining tool into its federated search service, SwetsWise Searcher. Accor... http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/community/copyrightfairuse/850832-420/swets_adds_muse_globalaposs_content.html.csp CopyrightFairUse 385881@elibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45