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-- Library Journal, 9/21/2006
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Read our past issues below:
January 2009:
January 29: Peter McDonald on Fresno State’s new library; Google settlement questioned at ALA
January 27: News from ALA Midwinter
January 22: UIUC studies library value; Oxford U. Press cuts 60 jobs
January 20: ICOLC issues statement on economy; In North Carolina, library construction as stimulus
January 15: OCLC suspends implementation of new records policy; Madoff debacle impacts NYPL
January 13: California funding shortfall impacts universities; Mellon grant aids Villanova's open access VuFind
January 8: HathiTrust's Brad Wheeler talks tech; RIAA stops targeting individual downloaders
January 6: LJAN's top ten stories of 2008; NISO agreement gains support
December 2008:
December 18: ARL to get heard on WorldCat policy change; Newsmaker interview with futurist Tim Mack
December 16: Court strikes down NSL gag orders; Obama "softening" on Net Neutrality?
December 11: Archivist Weinstein to step down; King Papers pulled from auction block
December 9: Salem State College library building will not reopen; Tasini "Cert" decision pushed back again
December 4: LJ talks to Tasini objector Muchnick; Black Wednesday for publishers
December 2: European booksellers slam Google Deal; Tasini settlement to be revived?
November 2008:
November 25: European digital library launches, crashes
November 20: More from the SPARC Digital Repository Meeting; U of Minnesota Press back "in print"
November 18: SPARC meeting tackles "untapped" potential of institutional repositories; Google settlement translated
November 13: Public Access mandate for Autism Speaks; NYU law professor approves of Google deal
November 11: ARL scholarly communication report; happy birthday, OED!
November 6: LJAN interview with Georgia Harper; ACRL offers scholarships to National Conference
November 4: Google’s legal hurdles; PASCAL update in South Carolina
October 2008:
October 30: Reaction to Google settlement mounts
October 28: Google settles epic lawsuit; Librarian reaction muted
October 23: ARL salary survey; NYPL taps British architect for major project
October 21: ALPSP: journal content surging; a digital tipping point in 2018?
October 16: LJ Talks to HathiTrust’s John Wilkin; McCain campaign pleads for fair use
October 14: HathiTrust Launches; First Ever Open Access Day
October 9: Is a Settlement Near in AAP/Google Lawsuit? ARL: fair use prevailed in Harry Potter Case
October 7: Springer buys BioMed Central; Annoyed Librarian joins LJ
October 2: Digitization summit in Boston urges openness; "Libel tourism" bill left undone by Senate
September 2008:
September 30: Orphan works bill passes Senate; EPA libraries reopen
September 25: Hurricane Ike recovery; Will orphan works legislation pass in this Congress?
September 23: Michigan bullish on print; Bloomsbury launches open access book imprint
September 18: Copyright office silent on anti-NIH bill; OSU receives $2.6 million bequest
September 16: Anti-NIH bill shelved; LJAN to get makeover, beginning Thursday
September 11: NIH policy goes before Congress; ProQuest/Google in deal to scan newspapers
September 9: Congressional challenge to NIH policy set for September 11; Rowling prevails in copyright case
September 4: CLIR: Redefine research library workforce; UCSB lands valuable aerial photo collection
September 2: New Orleans appears to avoid major damage from Gustav; Cornell Hip Hop collection
August 2008:
August 28: Ithaka suggests “ambivalence” toward campus library; Happy OA Day!
August 26: IFLA’s 74th Annual Meeting; UI releases “Annenberg Challenge” Collection
August 21: OSU library project hits fundraising goal; in first week, new WebJunction a big draw
August 19: LJ examines "digital discrimination"; NYU Press's Sanskrit Series
August 14: Cornell library embraces YouTube; UCLA nets $750,000 Mellon grant
August 12: LJAN talks to OLE principal investigator; Holzman elected AAUP president
August 7: Duke, with Mellon funding, to lead open ILS effort; New Jersey’s Knowledge Initiative gets re-booted
August 5: Mellon seeks collaboration among university presses; Patry ends Copyright blog
July 2008:
July 31: At Bennington College, the library as art; so long, Scrabulous, Red Lasso
July 29: Google gets Cuil rival; Fairfield’s innovations inspire new award
July 24: Submissions Jump Sharply Under New NIH Policy
July 22: EU weighs in on copyright exceptions for libraries; Drexel goes west
July 17: LJ talks to Public Knowledge’s Gigi Sohn; Google, Viacom ruling alarms privacy advocates
July 15: NDIIP issues digital preservation report; U. of Iowa main library reopens
July 10: PASCAL consortium takes 90 percent cut in state funds; LJAN’s Marketplace Notes
July 8: More ALA coverage; Tasini case heading back to the Supreme Court?
July 1: ALA coverage from Anaheim; GSU answers e-reserves lawsuit
June 2008:
June 26: Welcome to the OC: ALA preview
June 24: Ebrary surveys students' ebook attitudes; AP provoking Napster-like fair use battle over blogs?
June 19: Iowans contemplate flood recovery; Google Books vs. the BISON catalog
June 17: UI library escapes major flood damage; IMLS grants announced
June 12: ProQuest buys Dialog; NIH comments on implementation
June 10: Wayne State U. gains public foothold; Libel Tourism laws in Congress
June 5: LC Responds to Working Group Final Report; Tasini Settlement Appeal Rejected
June 3: Public Knowledge’s Gigi Sohn on orphan works; Pitt hits milestone
May 2008:
May 29: Harvard professor’s new OA role; LJ podcast plumbs deep indexing
May 27: Microsoft abandons book scan plan; Newsmaker Interview with Marilyn French
May 22: Bucking predictions, is journal price inflation slowing?; Lessig blasts orphan works bills
May 20: Orphan works bill draws battle lines; St. John’s to renovate Queens campus library
May 15: Penn’s new scholarly communication librarian; Internet filters at SJSU?
May 13: U. of Chicago to build new library; Harvard Law goes open access
May 8: Orphan works bill moving; Copyright seminar
May 6: Pro IP bill is back; Alire wins ALA presidency
May 1: Tulane celebrates road to recovery after Katrina; NCSU fellows announced
April 2008:
April 29: Orphan works bills introduced; "Green" ILL in Iowa
April 24: Lowry to lead ARL; UCSC to get Grateful Dead's archives
April 22: GSU e-reserve suit sparks reaction; SPARC to address Harvard mandate at ALA
April 17: Georgia State U. Sued over E-Reserves
April 15: LJ's Periodicals Pricing Survey, 2008; STM paper touts publishers' value
April 10: UC Task Force on Scholarly Publishing; EU recommends stringent privacy standards
April 8: Section 108 report an "accomplishment"; POPLINE controversy at Johns Hopkins
April 3: Publishing becoming a “core service” for research libraries; NIH seeks comments
April 1: Section 108 report released; Kenney in at Cornell
March 2008:
March 27: Santa Clara's new library to open; LJ Movers & Shakers
March 25: NIH battle heats up again; Turnitin.com wins copyright suit
March 20: Mellon and CLIR support hidden collections; MIT Library's victory over DRM
March 18: ACRL announces award winners; LJ seeks Library of the Year nominees
March 13: MIT, Elsevier in landmark permission deal; GAO slams EPA library closures
March 11: Oxford U. Library gift will increase access; NYPL to transform research library
March 6: Ask.com scales back; "thank you" ads draw UT faculty protest
March 4: Interim library for Salem State; more fake memoirs uncovered
February 2008:
February 28: Q&A with Harvard's Robert Darnton, part II; RIAA lawsuits top 5000
February 26: Part I of our interview with Harvard librarian Robert Darnton; Specter questions the NIH
February 21: Library Journal parent company for sale; Indiana U. Library publishes first e-journal
February 19: Reaction to Harvard mandate: CLIR report on digitization
February 14: Harvard passes OA mandate
February 12: Harvard faculty considers open access; Tools of Change conference puts publishers on alert
February 7: Virginia Tech archiving tragedy; tornadoes rip union university
February 5: Springer and Max Planck together again; Michigan celebrates one million scans
January 2008:
January 31: Inside academic librarians’ job satisfaction; student OA activist Gavin Baker
January 29: Columbia joins Microsoft scan plan; SPARC launches student campaign
January 24: California Man Sues Cornell; Google Generation a Myth?
January 22: AAP, universities reach agreement on copyright; April 7th start for NIH policy
January 17: ALA draws good numbers in Philly; SPARC's bright futurists
January 15: Reactions to final report on bibliographic control; New York introduces "libel tourist" legislation
January 10: ALA Midwinter speaker censored? Supreme Court declines orphan works case
January 8: AAP: we'll fight NIH mandate; Q&A with SPARC's Heather Joseph
January 3: Pew says Net creates information need; NIH policy signed into law
December 2007:
December 20: LJ Newsmaker Interviewer: behind the recently rejected "Tasini" settlement
December 18: Blogging for success; OSU's childcare plan a hit
December 13: New copyright bill in Congress; Columbia Joins Google scan plan
December 11: SPARC names new "Innovators;" Alford takes over OCLC board
December 6: ARL reports print/electronic journals caught in transition; SPARC turns toward students
December 4: LC Bibliographic Report seeks comments; settlement in Tasini case tossed
November 2007:
November 29: Portico's "trigger" event; NYU offers new program
November 27: EU releases conclusions on scientific information; NYPL buys Schlesinger archive
November 20: The Kindle ebook Reader; Pace, Cunningham join OCLC
November 15: LC's Working Group report; Charleston Conference coverage
November 13: At Charleston, content is king; OSU library's "family values"
November 8: ebrary releases faculty survey; UM library head defends Google deal
November 6: ACRL calls for "engagement" in Scholarly Communication; Quadrant program promotes collaboration
November 1: Yale goes with Microsoft; ICOLC supports JSTOR
October 2007:
October 30: NIH policy moves on to conference; LC to release report on bibliographic control
October 25: NIH public access policy passes the Senate; movement on orphan works?
October 23: NIH battle heats up; Max Planck dumps Springer
October 18: Salem State library closed temporarily; White House weighs in on NIH policy
October 16: Google's anti-piracy effort; U. of Denver fundraises for buildings
October 11: NSU/ Broward make deal; UK publishers release open access re-use principles
October 9: Order on Presidential records trimmed by court; PRISM strikes again
October 4: More on BCL's Open Content Alliance plan; Middlebury's new Hemingway collection
October 2: Presidential records act stalled; NSL bill introduced
September 2007:
September 27: UC scholarly communication survey; the "Googlization of Everything"
September 25: BCL launches Open Content Alliance plan; Broward/NSU to compromise?
September 20: New push for minority recruitment; Google hits Washington, DC
September 18: Librarians seek to free copyright catalog; Morehouse King Collection makes progress
September 13: PRISM sparks backlash; CCIA says fair use is big business
September 11: Alms authors ready for new edition of banned book; a copyright breakthrough?
September 6: Winthrop dean on Internet issues; EFF urges RIAA license deal
September 4: NSU/Broward County deal questioned; Mencken comes home
August 2007:
August 30: Librarians to Hit Answer Sites; Bush Library Names Architect
August 28: Study suggests all "eyes" on Google; NARA sued over Hillary archives
August 23: Trinity University Press thrives; Information schools form iCaucus
August 21: Authors of banned CUP book will republish; ALA urges libraries to keep the book
August 16: LJ interviews Brewster Kahle; Penn launches digitization effort
August 14: Yale drops BMC membership; Hawaiian newspaper endorses NIH
August 9: Cornell joins Google Book Search; Indiana partners on web search
August 7: UCLA report criticizes police in Taser incident; ebrary's Kevin Sayar on ebooks
August 2: Libraries join CCIA copyright complaint; SMU Bush Library announcement nearer?
July 2007:
July 31: Ithaka urges universities to embrace publishing; NIH access policy gets boost
July 26: Hollwood goes to Congress; Rochester launches Open Press
July 24: Ask.com raises the privacy bar; more delay for the Bush Library
July 19: Is NIH policy necessary? Valdosta State LIS gains accreditation
July 17: Is NIH policy copyright compliant? NetLibrary, Recorded Books sue each other
July 12: NIH policy maintains pace in Congress; Nixon Library goes public
July 10: NIH policy resurfaces; Peter Lyman passes away
June 2007:
June 28: ALA 2007 roundup: stats, SPARC, Google, and innovation
June 26: ALA sets attendance record; Lawrence Lessig changes course
June 21: IMLS recruitment grants announced; ALA kicks off in Washington DC
June 19: Antioch College to close; Michael Gorman, blogger?
June 14: Google/CIC Contract; Will Congress start a DRM "arms race"?
June 12: Google slammed on privacy; will libraries be bad publishers?
June 7: Google adds CIC libraries to scan plan; Emory takes its own path
June 5: eBrary's ebook survey; Bergstroms named SPARC "Innovators"
May 2007:
May 31: U. of Rochester students design library space
May 29: BEA hits New York; CT librarians kick off Katrina aid effort
May 24: Georgetown extends helping hand to DCPL; Google expands again in Europe
May 22: Baylor keeps the faith; the librarian who tracks "Weird Austin"
May 17: At IDPF Digital Book Forum, discussion of devices—and libraries
May 15: Harvard academics: fight the RIAA; Thomson Gale sold
May 10: Paper suggests "balance" in scholarly publishing; Google censorship vote
May 8: Williams College embarks on ambitious plan; Will Ohio U. P2P ban hurt students?
May 3: Historian criticizes Google Book Search; former U.S. Archivist Robert Warner dies
May 1: Rettig elected ALA president; Google pushes partnerships
April 2007:
April 26: Times's campus offer snatched back; blogging the Bush Library
April 24: LC begins to blog; Jessamyn West talks preservation
April 19: Serial Wars: LJ's Periodical Pricing Survey
April 17: UK report on libraries and research; Russell goes to UF
April 12: OCA scans plan accelerates; NSLs slammed in Congress
April 10: The future of reference; Ohio State's library project
April 5: ACRL releases top ten assumptions; Wikipedia & more from the National Conference
April 3: ACRL sets another record; Baltimore's blue Waters
March 2007:
March 29: ACRL winner Hostos Community College; A Thaw in Norway
March 27: Fordham U. Press turns 100; CPUSA archive to NYU
March 22: ACRL winner Trinity University; LC fights for preservation funds
March 20: The LJ Academic Newswire Tuesday edition returns!
March 15: ACRL award-winner Trinity University; Study says Patriot Act Power abused
March 8: Georgia Tech celebrates ACRL award; Microsoft slams Google on copyright
March 1: New Traditionals find new paths into libraries; Buffalo DLIS finds a home
February 2007:
February 22: Europeans press preservation; OA advocate's rhetoric gets extreme
February 15: UH Libraries battle inflation; Google loses in Belgium
February 8: Princeton joins Google scan plan
February 1: OUP transforms the monograph: Public Access battle heats up
January 2007:
January 25: ALA draws good numbers in Seattle; UT Austin joins Google
January 18: SPARC celebrates ten years; rumors of blockbuster STM merger
January 11: Full-text books part of U. of Michigan Press's digital initiative
January 4: British Library praises IP report; SirsiDynix sold
December 2006:
December 21: For NYU Press, a record 2006; Cambridge acquires ProQuest
December 14: "Community" surging on the net; CSU Fresno names McDonald
December 7: LC hooks up with Google; Buffalo LIS head optimistic, after some bumps
November 2006:
November 30: UCLA incident prompts security questions
November 16: U. of Virginia joins Google scan plan; Cornell's Thomas leaving for Oxford
November 9: In shocker, Bailey leaves Houston; Ohio State U. Libraries finish move
November 2: Information literacy laggards; sharing the research wealth
October 2006:
October 26: OCA members gather to take stock
October 19: Cornell joins Microsoft Book Search
October 12: Wisconsin joins Google scan plan; King papers arrive at Woodruff Library
October 5: Harvard's Verba to Step Down; Orphan Works Bill Held
September 2006:
September 28: Madrid Joins Google Book Search; ACLU Patriot Act Challenge Continues
September 21: Cornell, AAP Tout E-Reserve Guidelines
September 14: Declassified? National Archives Reports Progress on Challenged Documents
September 7: Michigan Catalog Comes to Life with Google
August 2006:
August 31: UC Releases Google Contract Terms; OhioLink Issues Author Guidelines
August 24: EPA Library Closures Set to Begin; Google Finds More Support
August 17: NCLIS says not so fast; is SMU poised to land the Bush Library?
August 10: UC Joins Google Book Search; End of an Era at Library Trends
August 3: UC to Join Google Scan Plan? Frederick Kilgour, 1914-2006
July 2006:
July 27: Institute for the Future of the Book Launches MediaCommons; Pew Asks: Who's Blogging?
July 20: Rice University Press Reborn; Heavy Lifting Begins at OSU
July 13: Woodruff Libraries Await King Archive; ALA Reports Endowment Growth
July 6: King Biographer Criticizes King Papers Deal; CLA report
June 2006:
June 29: ALA Gets Warm Reception in New Orleans
June 22: Public Library of Science Hikes Author Fees
June 15: SJSU MLIS Faces Financial Reality; Sotheby's to auction "Dream" Collection
June 8: ALCTS Issues Statement on LC; FAU Lands a Major Collection
June 1: OCLC Reports on College Students' Library Perceptions; "John Does" Speak!
May 2006:
May 25: BookExpo America; The Launch of the Networked Book
May 18: OUP Reorganizes; NCLIS Issues Digitization Report
May 11: Book Production Tumbles; Publishers Come Out Firing on Access Bill
May 4: OCLC To Absorb RLG; Trouble at BioMed Central?
April 2006:
April 27: Penn Unveils its Information Commons; More on the LCSH Controversy
April 20: The End of LCSH?; Free Speech Under Fire in Ohio?
April 13: The New LJ Periodicals Price Survey; Colgate gets record gift
April 6: U.S. News and World Report Releases New LIS Rankings...finally
March 2006:
March 30: In a Stinging Report, the Cato Institute Slams the DMCA
March 23: Librarians' Study Sheds Light and Heat on Preprints
March 16: Is the NIH Public Access Policy a Flop?
March 9: Cornell University’s Ross Atkinson, 1945-2006
March 3: A taste of success for the ACLS History E-Book Project
February 2006:
February 23: ACRL Announces Award Winners, EPA to Slash its Library Budget
February 16: Changes at Oxford U. Press; ProQuest Accounting Problems
February 9: Codrescu Keeps Heat on ALA; Gorman to Retire
February 2: ALA Dues Increase; LJ's John Berry Retires
January 2006:
January 26: At ALA Midwinter, New Orleans stars
January 19: UC Report Urges Catalog Overhaul
January 12: At Upcoming ALA Midwinter, Gorman to Push for Library Education Reform
January 5: Will the CURES Act have the right medicine for libraries?
December 2005:
December 22: Last Newswire of 2005
December 15: Hilton To Leave Michigan for Virginia
December 8: Rare Baseball Volumes Returned to UIU-C; Google Lacks Library Links; and more
December 1: New Orleans Goes Wireless
November 2005:
November 23: Thursday's edition, delivered early for Thanksgiving!
November 17: Our First HTML Edition
