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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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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