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 | ALA Annual Conference Under Way in Anaheim, CA
The American Library Association (ALA) annual meeting in Anaheim, CA, has begun and will run through July 2, bringing thousands of librarians and vendors into the heart of the OC—Orange County. ALA officials said they expect a vibrant conference, although preregistration attendance figures (11,514) are down significantly from last year’s conference in Washington, DC (14,196), and the 2005 conference in Chicago (13,407), likely owing to high travel costs. But in the battle of the Disneys, this year’s show in Anaheim (home to Disneyland) is ahead of the pace of the 2004 show in Orlando (home of Disney World).
Notwithstanding somewhat lagging preregistrations and the lingering fear of having to compete for cabs and restaurant reservations with throngs of tourists in mouse ears, this year’s conference program is robust, with a number of provocative sessions and tracks of great interest to academic librarians, as well as an excellent slate of speakers. Of particular note is this year’s ACRL/SPARC Forum, on Saturday, June 28, 4–5:30 p.m., in room 210 A-C of the Anaheim Convention Center, which will feature Harvard University’s Stuart Shieber, coauthor of the university’s groundbreaking open access mandate.
And, of course, there is the exhibit floor. Come say hello to the Library Journal staff, at booth 1338. The 2008 ALA Annual Conference Exhibition will run from Saturday, Jun. 28 through Monday, June 30, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., and on Tuesday, July 1, 8 a.m.–noon, at the convention center. Once again, ALA offers the world’s biggest exhibition of library products and services under one roof—so plan to spend some time there.
Not sure how to fit everything in? Check out Library Journal’s conference preview, for our program picks. Need a good restaurant or shop? We’ve got you covered there, too. Check out Scott Douglas La Counte’s offerings. La Counte (aka Scott Douglas) is a librarian at the Anaheim Public Library, a lifelong OC resident, and the author of Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian—and he swears he has personally tasted “everything affordable” among his recommendations!
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Innovative Choice: SPARC gives Innovator Award to Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) announced today that it has named the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at Harvard University as the newest SPARC Innovators for their unanimous vote in support of policy to require open access (OA) to the faculty’s published research. “Harvard’s success was possible because of the determination of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to ensure the widest exposure of their research,” noted Heather Joseph, executive director of SPARC, in announcing the award. “We hope their forward-looking step will serve as invitation to other campuses and departments of all kinds to explore their own policies for research access.”
The February 12 vote was the first in the United States to embrace an open access directive and the first to grant permission to a university to make its faculty’s research openly available on the Internet. The mandate has since been adopted by the Harvard Law School, as well. Harvard librarian Robert Darnton recently told LJ Academic Newswire that he was in discussions with faculty at the university’s professional schools and hopes that all of Harvard’s faculty would soon adopt the same OA mandate.
“People think Harvard can do this kind of thing because Harvard is so rich,” said Stuart Shieber, professor of computer science at Harvard, chair of the provost’s committee, coauthor of the policy, who was recently named director of the university’s new Office of Scholarly Communication. “The irony is that the reason people here got involved was the financial unsustainability, even at Harvard, of the current scholarly publishing regime.”
Shieber stressed that the goal of the policy is not to save money but to broaden access. “The FAS vote confirms that broadening access to their collective output is of fundamental importance to our faculty,” he added. Shieber will keynote this year’s ACRL/SPARC Forum, on Saturday, June 28, 4–5:30 p.m.
The SPARC Innovator program recognizes “advances in scholarly communication propelled by an individual, institution, or group.” SPARC Innovators are featured on the SPARC web site semiannually and have included student leaders and are selected by the SPARC staff in consultation with the SPARC Steering Committee. To read the full June 2008 SPARC Innovator profile, to nominate future Innovators, and to see past winners, visit the SPARC Innovator web site.
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| Copyright Office Releases New Technology To Process Applications Online
Thanks to new technology, registering copyrights—which is not required to secure a copyright but apparently is required to sue for copyright infringement damages—is about to get a little easier, at long last, with implementation of an online registration tool. On July 1, the Copyright Office will launch an eCO (electronic Copyright Office) via a portal on its web site. The eCO service may be used to register basic claims to copyright for literary works, visual arts works, performing arts works including motion pictures, sound recordings, and single serials. The service will offer several advantages over traditional paper filing, including:
- Lower filing fee of $35 for a basic claim (vs. $45)
- Faster processing
- Earlier effective date of registration
- Online status tracking
- Secure payment by credit or debit card, electronic check, or Copyright Office deposit account
In addition, users will be able to upload certain categories of deposits, such as music, directly into eCO as electronic files. Users who intend to submit hard copies of their works may still file an electronic application and make payment online and can print out an eCO-generated shipping slip to be attached to the hardcopy deposit. Paper applications for basic claims will still be available through the Copyright Office. The fee for registering a basic claim using a traditional application form remains $45.
In addition, the Copyright Office announced it will also implement a new registration form—Form CO, imprinted with 2-D barcodes, that can be scanned to transfer the information contained in the form automatically into an eCO record. That form, officials said, effectively replaces six traditional paper application forms. Users can complete a Form CO online, print it out, and send it to the Copyright Office with payment and a copy(ies) of the work being registered. The U.S. Copyright Office handles about 550,000 copyright claims annually.
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| Library Thief Nabbed by Wester Washington U. Librarian Pleads Guilty
James Lyman Brubaker, 74, has pleaded guilty to a string of library thefts—with nearly 1000 books believed to have been stolen across the nation, from over 100 libraries. Brubaker was nabbed with the help of a clever, determined librarian at Western Washington University (WWU), Bellingham. Brubaker’s apprehension came after WWU librarian Robert Lopresti noticed that some of the libraries’ rare collections—some dating back over 100 years—were missing.
Lopresti began scouring the web for traces, eventually discovering two maps on eBay that matched those missing from his library. Working with authorities and friends on the East Coast, he arranged to purchase the stolen maps and eventually identified Brubaker, who was arrested March 27, in Montana. FBI officials recovered hundreds of stolen items in Brubaker’s possession, many packaged for sale, and said Brubaker’s eBay account listed over 550 items. Sentencing is set for September 15. Brubaker faces up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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| For That Special Vendor: LJ Seeks Nominations for GOLD BOOK Service Awards
Library Journal seeks nominations for the Second Annual GOLD BOOK Service Awards; deadline extended to July 4. Let that special vendor know how much you appreciate them. The winners will be profiled in the August 2008 edition of the all-new GOLD BOOK (formerly the Buyer’s Guide) and will be honored with a reception at the 2009 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Denver. If your nominees are selected, you will be invited, too!
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Best Sellers in Social Sciences, October 2007–present, as compiled by YBP Library Services
(13-digit ISBNs in brackets)
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Slave Ship: A Human History
Rediker, Marcus Bufurd
Viking
2007. ISBN 0670018236 [9780670018239]. $27.95
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Women's Movement Against Sexual Harassment
Baker, Carrie N.
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521879353 [9780521879354]. $80.00
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Torture and Democracy
Rejali, Darius M.
Princeton University Press
2007. ISBN 0691114226 [9780691114224]. $39.50
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Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
Siegel, Lee
Random House
2008. ISBN 0385522657 [9780385522656]. $22.95
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Mother's Work: How Feminism, the Market, and Policy Shape Family Life
Gilbert, Neil
Yale University Press
2008. ISBN 0300119674 [9780300119671]. $26.00
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Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement
McMillen, Sally Gregory
Oxford University Press
2008. ISBN 0195182650 [9780195182651]. $28.00
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Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family
Folbre, Nancy
Harvard University Press
2008. ISBN 0674026322 [9780674026322]. $45.00
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Sin No More: From Abortion to Stem Cells, Understanding Crime, Law, and Morality in America
Dombrink, John
New York University
2007. ISBN 0814719880 [9780814719886]. $75.00
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Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950
Gilmore, Glenda Elizabeth
W.W. Norton
2008. ISBN 0393062449 [9780393062441]. $39.95
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Violence: A Micro-Sociological Theory
Collins, Randall
Princeton University Press
2008. ISBN 0691133131 [9780691133133]. $45.00
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Listening to Battered Women: A Survivor-Centered Approach to Advocacy, Mental Health, and Justice
Goodman, Lisa A.
American Psychological Association
2008. ISBN 1433802392 [9781433802393]. $59.95
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Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
Mason, Matt
Free Press
2008. ISBN 1416532188 [9781416532187]. $25.00
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Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
Figes, Orlando
Metropolitan Henry Holt
2007. ISBN 0805074619 [9780805074611]. $35.00
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Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation
Mossberger, Karen
MIT Press
2008. ISBN 0262134853 [9780262134859]. $47.00
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Youth, Identity, and Digital Media
Buckingham, David
MIT Press
2008. ISBN 026202635x [9780262026352]. $32.00
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Blogging America: The New Public Sphere
Barlow, Aaron
Praeger
2008. ISBN 027599872x [9780275998721]. $49.95
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Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility
Metzger, Miriam J.
MIT Press
2008. ISBN 0262062739 [9780262062732]. $32.00
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Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century
Bobbitt, Philip
Alfred A. Knopf
2008. ISBN 1400042437 [9781400042432]. $35.00
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Police Interrogation and American Justice
Leo, Richard A.
Harvard University Press
2008. ISBN 0674026489 [9780674026483]. $45.00
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Unmarried Couples with Children
England, Paula
Russell Sage
2007. ISBN 0871542854 [9780871542854]. $42.50
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