Everybody likes cookies, at least the kind you eat. But when it comes to web cookies, some people have concerns. A web cookie is a…
OPLIN 4Cast #224: Web wants cookies
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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…
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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…
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It’s quite likely that many readers of this blog know that OCLC recently released a sequel to the respected Perceptions of Libraries report first issued…
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Last week there were several interesting postings on the Internet about the notion of “owning” e-books. We’ve mentioned e-book DRM issues in this blog before,…