Sherlock Holmes no longer under copyright protection. (Not just the original works, but the character as well.)
Roasting bedbugs that sneak into the library’s book drop.
Drop the library and buy everyone a Kindle subscription?
University presses try to figure out their situation with Amazon.
Senator’s thesis full of plagiarism.
And the Army War College is wondering how it happened and how to respond.
But does it matter?
US Congress banned from making Wikipedia edits (staffers going rogue!)
Your cat photos may be identifying your location!
Library branding regular people will like (apparently, only librarians really love “information”).
Are your passwords lame? Maybe that’s not so bad (according to mathematicians).
How to host a Banned Books Marathon.
Friday, July 25, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014
News for Library Nerds, July 18, 2014
How Boolean and Discovery don’t play well together.
Educause publishes 11 Principles of Net Neutrality along with education and library groups.
Can reading online and in print really be the same? Or does online reading always impair comprehension and deep reading?
And is ereading especially bad for the Humanities?
Higher earnings for for-profit graduates with jobs.
Darwin’s library from the HMS Beagle is now online.
Educause publishes 11 Principles of Net Neutrality along with education and library groups.
Can reading online and in print really be the same? Or does online reading always impair comprehension and deep reading?
And is ereading especially bad for the Humanities?
Higher earnings for for-profit graduates with jobs.
Darwin’s library from the HMS Beagle is now online.
Friday, July 11, 2014
News for Library Nerds, July 11, 2014
There's some interesting news in the worlds of libraries and publishing!
SAGE busts the kingpin of a peer-review and citation ring and retracts 60 papers. (Yes, this is real.)
Nature retracts major stem-cell finding, amid calls to change the review process (since this is a fraud that reviewers wouldn’t have been expected to catch).
PEW’s surprising facts about libraries and their patrons. (For example, they want to keep the print books, and young people are just as likely to come in.)
Are universities without presses mooching off those with them?
The Five Laws of Library Science infographic.
Are books in prison a right or a privilege?
Bavaria’s copyright ends on Mein Kampf, allowing it to be reprinted. But should it be?
Regional restrictions and DRM: relics of the print publishing age, we may not want to dump them yet.
Hachette trapped by DRM.
Can you sell used ebooks? A site in the Netherlands is trying just that.
And why it’s so hard for libraries to lend ebooks. (Librarians already know all this, but regular folks might like to know!)
Google not so keen on net neutrality anymore.
Ed Tech companies want to keep net neutrality.
When a MOOC just disappears.
What colleges pick as their peer institutions.
Find the most expensive and least expensive colleges.
Corinthian college’s closings and the gainful employment rule.
SAGE busts the kingpin of a peer-review and citation ring and retracts 60 papers. (Yes, this is real.)
Nature retracts major stem-cell finding, amid calls to change the review process (since this is a fraud that reviewers wouldn’t have been expected to catch).
PEW’s surprising facts about libraries and their patrons. (For example, they want to keep the print books, and young people are just as likely to come in.)
Are universities without presses mooching off those with them?
The Five Laws of Library Science infographic.
Are books in prison a right or a privilege?
Bavaria’s copyright ends on Mein Kampf, allowing it to be reprinted. But should it be?
Regional restrictions and DRM: relics of the print publishing age, we may not want to dump them yet.
Hachette trapped by DRM.
Can you sell used ebooks? A site in the Netherlands is trying just that.
And why it’s so hard for libraries to lend ebooks. (Librarians already know all this, but regular folks might like to know!)
Google not so keen on net neutrality anymore.
Ed Tech companies want to keep net neutrality.
When a MOOC just disappears.
What colleges pick as their peer institutions.
Find the most expensive and least expensive colleges.
Corinthian college’s closings and the gainful employment rule.
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