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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
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Where to Learn About Copyright
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by Corilee Christou
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Many users have little or no understanding of copyright and, consequently, copyright infringement. This NewsBreak, although not to be construed as a substitute for a thorough education on the ins and outs of copyright, lists some of the key resources that address questions on the topic.
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'Evolution in the Library Ebook Market' by Alan S. Inouye
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Alan S. Inouye, public policy director for ALA's Washington Office, writes in American Libraries that the ebook lending "news from Penguin Random House (PRH) represents a new and major development in the library ebook market. ... PRH's change is neutral or even a bit positive for US libraries. ..."
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'To Restore Civil Society, Start With the Library' by Eric Klinenberg
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Eric Klinenberg writes in The New York Times, "In recent years, declines in the circulation of bound books in some parts of the country have led prominent critics to argue that libraries are no longer serving their historical function. … But the problem that libraries face today isn't irrelevance."
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'Open Access--The Movie' by Richard Poynder
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In Nature, OA movement chronicler Richard Poynder reviews the movie Paywall: The Business of Scholarship, which he calls "an advocacy film."
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'Reviving the Role of CRS in Congressional Oversight' by Steven Aftergood
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In a blog post for the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), Steven Aftergood provides commentary on a paper by former Congressional Research Service (CRS) analyst Kevin R. Kosar ("The Atrophying of the Congressional Research Service's Role in Supporting Committee Oversight").
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'Google Wants to Kill the URL' by Lily Hay Newman
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According to an article in WIRED by Lily Hay Newman, "From popularizing auto-updates to aggressively promoting HTTPS web encryption, the Chrome security team likes to grapple with big, conceptual problems. That reach and influence can be divisive, though, and as Chrome looks ahead … the team is mulling its most controversial initiative yet: fundamentally rethinking URLs across the web."
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A Day in the Life of Five Librarians, Part 2
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by Justin Hoenke
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Justin Hoenke, the executive director of a small public library, has been talking to all types of library staffers for A Day in the Life, his column in Information Today. Here's a look at his interviews from March to July/August 2018.
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A Day in the Life of Five Librarians, Part 1
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by Justin Hoenke
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Here's a look at Hoenke's columns from September 2017 to January/February 2018 (originally published Jan. 9, 2018).
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