Several stories are popping up on JSTOR’s Register and Read program which will allow non-affiliates to have limited free access to some of the content in JSTOR, with emphasis on the word “limited.” Signing up gives one access to a…
Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
“If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we launch the Library of Congress into cyberspace?” YES WE SCAN Petition
05
Jan
Carl Malamud (Public Resources.Org) and John Podesta (Center for American Progress) have launched a petition drive calling upon the federal government to create a Federal Scanning Commission. To date, thinking about digitization has been piecemeal. Individual agencies have thought about…
“If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we launch the Library of Congress into cyberspace?” YES WE SCAN Petition
05
Jan
Carl Malamud (Public Resources.Org) and John Podesta (Center for American Progress) have launched a petition drive calling upon the federal government to create a Federal Scanning Commission. To date, thinking about digitization has been piecemeal. Individual agencies have thought about…
Hello Congress, Want to Eliminate Wasteful Public Spending in the Legal Academy?
30
Nov
Why do we keep reading that new law schools are being launched when there is and has been for some time an oversupply of lawyers in the labor market? Because employment prospects look great based on fudged placement data? I…
In re SOPA: Library Copyright Alliance v. Register of Copyrights
23
Nov
I would like to be very clear at the outset. It is my view that if Congress does not continue to provide serious responses to online piracy, the U.S. copyright system will ultimately fail. The premise of copyright law is…
Changes in Library of Congress Management
11
Nov
On Nov. 4, 2011, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced that Roberta Shaffer will assume the postition of Associate Librarian for Library Services on January 3, 2012 in an employee new release. In a second employee new release it…
Beyond MARC: Library of Congress Bibliographic Framework Plan for the Digital Age
03
Nov
The Working Group of the Future of Bibliographic Control at the Library of Congress has released its initial plan for its Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative for dissemination, sharing, and feedback. Although the MARC-based infrastructure is extensive, and MARC has been…
Who’s Up For Some Dumpster Diving at the Library of Congress?
31
Oct
Did you know that the Library of Congress gets at least two copies of everything copyrighted in the United States? And that includes law journals? And that they don’t keep everything that they get deposted through this program so they…
