An investigation by Katie Scott: “A proposal that could give select institutions the power to take snapshots of websites without their owners’ permission is being ruminated by our Government. Civil servants at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport are now processing opinions on whether we should be archiving websites for future generations. While it is likely that any changes to the 2003 Legal Deposit Libraries Act won’t be tackled by the present government, the public consultation has raised some interesting questions — should we be treating websites as culturally important artefacts; should we be taking regular “snapshots” of websites and saving them in a searchable and accessible archive; whose responsibility is this; and most importantly, should copyright on websites be ignored so that their content can be saved? The British Library, the National Library of Wales and the Wellcome Library are among the institutions that lobbied the government on the 2003 Legal Deposit Libraries Act.”
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Daily Archives: March 6, 2010
Essay: Books in the Age of the iPad
Craig Mod: “With the iPad we finally have a platform for consuming rich-content in digital form. What does that mean? To understand just why the iPad is so exciting we need to think about how we got here. I want to look at where printed books stand in respect to digital publishing, why we historically… Continue Reading
BLS: State employment-population ratio declines, 200809
State employment-population ratio declines, 200809: “In 2009, 22 states and the District of Columbia recorded employment-population ratiosthe proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and older with a jobthat were significantly above the U.S. ratio of 59.3 percent, and 16 states had ratios that were appreciably below it. The remaining 12 states reported ratios… Continue Reading
Esquire Interview – Roger Ebert: The Essential Man
Roger Ebert – The Essential Man: “It has been nearly four years since Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw and his ability to speak. Now television’s most famous movie critic is rarely seen and never heard, but his words have never stopped.” Continue Reading
Survey of Academic Librarians: Use of Associations, Blogs, Listservs, Conferences, & Publications about Libraries
Survey of Academic Librarians: Use of Associations, Blogs, Listservs, Conferences, & Publications about Libraries “The study imparts highly specific data about academic librarian use of library oriented blogs, listservs, publications, association membership and attendance at library conferences. The report includes detail on the percentage of academic librarians who read print publications about libraries, or use… Continue Reading
Entire Popular Science Archive Now Available Online Free
Popular Science: “We’ve partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. And today we’re excited to announce you can browse the full archive right here on PopSci.com. As you will soon see, it’s an… Continue Reading
BLS: Employment Situation Summary
Employment Situation Summary, February 2010: “Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (-36,000) in February, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment fell in construction and information, while temporary help services added jobs. Severe winter weather in parts of the country may have affected payroll employment… Continue Reading
