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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
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Why It's So Hard to Get Mickey Mouse Into the Public Domain
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by George H. Pike
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The Walt Disney Co. has been heavily advertising the 90th birthday of Mickey Mouse since mid-2018. Well, happy birthday, Mickey! Mickey Mouse has a fair amount of significance in copyright law in that he sometimes gets the blame for the continuing extension of the terms of a copyright.
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The State of Ebooks in Academic Libraries
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by Brandi Scardilli
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In a Campus Technology article from Dec. 12, 2018, Dian Schaffhauser reports that according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, "library collections in higher education now contain more digital items than physical." Let's take a look at what academic library staffers have to say about the state of ebooks in their libraries today.
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How NLP Extends What Ontologies Can Do (4:42)
AbbVie's Jon Stevens explains how natural-language processing makes ontologies more reflective of nuance in subject-specific language in this clip from Text Analytics Forum 2019.
CLOSED CAPTIONING IS AVAILABLE.
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Web of Deceit
Edited by Anne P. Mintz
In this eye-opening follow-up to her popular 2002 book, Web of Deception, Anne P. Mintz brings together a team of expert researchers, journalists, and subject experts to explain how misinformation is intentionally spread and to illuminate the dangers in a range of critical areas.
Web of Deceit is a must-read for any internet user who wants to avoid being victimized by liars, thieves, and propagandists in the age of ubiquitous social media.
2012 | 224pp softbound | ISBN 978-0-910965-91-0
Regular Price: $29.95 | Web Orders: $26.95
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ITI Conference Blog – libconf.com – covering ITI's library conferences worldwide.
ILI365/InfoToday Europe Blog – infotoday.eu – news and ideas for, and by, innovative info pros from around the world, throughout the year.
Streaming Media Blog – www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Blog – the go-to destination for opinion, analysis, and insights into the entire online video ecosystem, from glass to glass.
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