ENTRIES TAGGED "libraries"
What OpenID Can Do for Academic Publishers
Free identity management can transform the way students and scholars read online.
Internet Archive Wins Push-Back Fight with U.S. Government
The Internet Archive has successfully pushed back against a federal national security letter (NSL) request for Archive member records. Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive co-founder, director and digital librarian, discussed the NSL process and outcome with the San Francisco Chronicle: Kahle … was appalled when his volunteer lawyers told him in November that the FBI was demanding records of all communications…
A Glimpse into Google's Book Scanning
Google doesn't divulge specifics about its proprietary book scanning set-up, but the Associated Press offers a brief look into the manual scanning process used for old/fragile titles: … the temperature is always in the 60s … Each technician has a slightly angled table with a flexible middle that cradles books and holds them still while two overhead cameras photograph…
Does Skipping Publishers Mean Skipping Libraries?
When I speak to an audience of publishers, I use Getting Real as an important example of how popular bloggers who want to publish can easily skip publishers all together. 30,000 copies of a self-published PDF @ $19 (with no incremental unit cost) implies some enviable margins. Tim Spalding over at LibraryThing brings up an unintended but important consequence…