• Research Institution Gives Away Research, Increases Sales

    May 27, 2005

    South African lessons: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

    Lawrence Lessig notes on his blog the experience
    of the HSRC changing their publishing model. They started “to give away all their research books for free online, and offer a high quality print-on-demand service for anyone who wants the paper version. The result: ‘the sales turnover of the publishing [...]

  • The problem with the Newsweek Quran retraction

    May 17, 2005

    White House Urges Newsweek to Repair Damage Caused by Report – New York Times (registration may be required. If so, go to BugMeNot)
    Does anyone else see a problem here? Newsweek has retracted its story about Gitmo interogators flushing of the Quran. They did this not because it was a false statement but because the Bush [...]

  • Pew political typology study released

    May 15, 2005

    Part 1: Principal Findings: Beyond Red vs. Blue
    The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has recently released its study about American politics and the 2004 election. It is the fourth such typology created by the Pew Research Center since 1987. The study found that “Overall, there are many more shades to the [...]

  • Conference on media reform

    May 14, 2005

    Free Press : 2005 National Conference for Media Reform
    It’s happening this weekend in St Louis. You don’t have to be there to get in on the action. According to Amy Goodman at Democracy Now (in an interview with Urbana IMC’s Sasha Meinrath!), Bill Moyers will make his first public statement on the growing controversy over [...]

  • Hamlet commentaries online

    May 10, 2005

    hamletworks
    “Hamlet Works is based on the materials of the New Variorum Hamlet Project. It contains sets of entries (not yet complete) detailing the textual and critical history of every line of the play. ”

    An article in the CHE describes the project as
    “every piece of scholarship and criticism about the play” linked “line by line, to [...]

  • Tivo fans rejoice!

    May 9, 2005

    Public Knowledge – Broadcast Flag Court Challenge
    Well, it’s more than TIVO fans, it’s anyone who uses electronics. The FCC’s broadcast flag has been shot down by the US Court of Appeals! This is a major victory for libraries as it strengthens the fair use doctrine of the copyright law — ALA, AALL, Medical Library Assn, [...]

  • Open Stacks!

    May 6, 2005

    Open Stacks
    Greg Schwartz promotes information access and literacy for all. Check out his podcasts regarding all areas of interest to libraries. He even mentions Free Government Information in Podcast #10. Check it out.

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