We have certainly written a number of posts on this blog about e-books in the past, but this post is about a specific kind of…
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OPLIN 4Cast #225: How to bury a cable
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This week’s 4cast diverges from our usual offerings, in that it does not concern any hot new tech news we’ve gathered from the media. Fiber…
OPLIN 4Cast #223: Copyright news
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Unless you work in a law library, you probably don’t pay a lot of attention to laws and legal issues, with the exception of copyright…
OPLIN 4Cast #221: SXSW buzz
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South by Southwest Interactive (“SXSW” if you want to be cool) is happening this week in Austin, Texas. “Interactive” is one of three simultaneous conferences…
No doubt about it, libraries are going through some very tough times right now. On top of draconian budget cuts, they have to deal with…
It’s a safe assumption that most of our readers have heard of the recent move by Harper Collins to restrict the lending of their e-books…
Many people think the recent protests and changes of government in the Middle East have been enabled by widespread use of Facebook and Twitter, and…
This posting collects several recent news items that all deal with some aspect of archiving digital material, or digitizing archival material. The topics range from…