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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
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Google’s Fair Use Defense Prevails in Google Books Lawsuit
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by George H. Pike
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A federal court in New York gave Google a huge victory that may likely end its 9-year fight with the Authors Guild and individual authors over the Google Books scanning project. In a 30-page opinion, Judge Denny Chin determined that Google's practice of scanning copyrighted books from public and academic libraries and making "snippets" available as search results was a fair use of the books.
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F1000 Announces Data-Plotting Tool
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Faculty of 1000 (F1000) launched a beta version of its data-plotting tool for the F1000Research open access life sciences journal. Referees and readers can now visualize and manipulate the raw data in the journal's articles using an instant first-pass view of the datasets. Anyone publishing an article in F1000Research is required to make research data publicly available with the article.
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Ex Libris Group Collaborates on E-Resource Management
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Ex Libris Group partnered with Jisc to enhance e-resource management for U.K. libraries. Their collaboration is designed to help academic libraries improve efficiency by continually updating data from Jisc's Knowledge Base+ (KB+) to Ex Libris Group's SFX OpenURL link resolver and KnowledgeBase and the Ex Libris Alma library services framework.
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OverDrive Media Station Debuts
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Patrons have a new way to browse a library's ebook, audiobook, music, and video collections: The OverDrive Media Station is available as a browsing and checkout terminal for all OverDrive member library systems. The launch comes after a successful pilot program conducted with 50 library systems in five countries.
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Anti-Malware Options in 2013
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by Donovan Griffin
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Viruses happen. So does being infected with spyware, scareware, rootkits, ransomware, keyloggers, and unintentionally being made part of a botnet. ... Luckily, there are solutions to almost any malware-related problem, provided you know what you're facing and what to download. In most cases, all it takes is a proper estimation of your situation and an internet connection (or, in the worst of scenarios, a flash drive and the use of another computer). With that in mind, here are the top anti-virus (AV) performers, sorted by their strengths and who they're useful for.
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How KM Is Redefining Federal Records Management
GSA KM specialist and senior records officer Dave Simmons discusses the role of KM in the future of federal records management in this clip from his presentation at KMWorld 2022.
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