2016-10-28 14:00
Yesterday I had the pleasure of being one of the speakers at the Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter of the Medical Library Association (UNYOC) Annual Meeting in Watkins Glen, NY. My… Read More
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...pivoting to focus on innovation. Still blogging about copyright and occasionally on digitization.
2016-10-28 13:30
Elizabeth Stellrecht, who works at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, did a short presentation about a class she co-taught with Elaine Davis and how they used a focus group… Read More
2016-10-28 13:00
Nancy Fried Foster provided the keynote presentation at the 2016 Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter (UNYOC) of the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting in Watkins Glen, NY. According… Read More
2016-10-25 17:39
Pallante before CongressFriday (Oct. 21), the Registrar of Copyrights, Maria Pallante, was moved into a new position within the Library of Congress (LOC). Reports say that she was surprised… Read More
2016-10-18 13:30
Ever since the IFLA conference (#WLIC2016), I have been thinking more about digitization. It perhaps helped, too, that I guest lectured in a class last week talking about digitization and di… Read More
2016-09-26 13:00
I am pleased that I was a part of the 6th annual virtual conference hosted by the Southeast Florida Library Network (SEFLIN) on Sept. 16, which had the theme "Embracing Innovation: Crea… Read More
2016-09-06 13:30
My colleague, Kelvin Ringold, does a Daily Dose of Positive email (called Vitamin K) and this year expanded into doing podcasts that are informative and motivational. Knowing my intere… Read More
2016-08-25 13:30
This was my first International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) conference. I had no idea what to expect. All I knew is that if IFLA was coming to the U.S… Read More
2016-08-23 13:30
Earlier in the summer the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) approached Maurice Coleman and I were asked to present a webinar for ALCTS members on how to cr… Read More
2016-08-23 12:30
It has been a LONG time since I've pointed out that you can subscribe to this blog. If you are reading the blog on its web site, you'll see a link on the right that will take you to su… Read More
2016-08-22 13:30
DLSG BoothWhen I started this blog in 2004, digitization was a growing area in libraries. For some, it was still something new, while others had and were embarking on massive projects. New… Read More
2016-08-18 23:24
All of these papers are available through the digital program on the IFLA web site.Julia Brungs and Vincent Wintermans - Digitally reassembling scattered collectionsCommons terminology:Resti… Read More
2016-08-18 23:22
Roberta Shaffer (moderator) - we've come a long way historical. The right to privacy is not a new one. The right of privacy is infused with many type of relations. She ques… Read More
2016-08-17 17:09
It was noted that this IFLA section puts its presentations on the IFLA web site. You can go there for more information.Lorcan Dempsey - A New Service ConfigurationTelling a library sto… Read More
2016-08-17 16:48
David Ferriero spoke about open government from the local, national, and international perspective.The National Archives (NARA) opened its doors in 1935. It supports all three branches… Read More
2016-08-17 03:17
This was a fast-paced session. I captured what I could. Unfortunately, I did not capture the names of some of the speakers.Highlights of the 2016 Conference - Pleased with all of… Read More
2016-08-17 03:09
Wes Moore is from Baltimore, MD. He began his talk with a story of how he became a reader. He grew up a fan of the Michigan "fab five" basketball team. His mother used the… Read More
2016-08-16 02:50
Natural allies growing access to the world's information together - Alex Stinson and Jake OrlowitzWe need each other. People come to Wikipedia first and Wikipedia needs libraries to he… Read More
2016-08-16 02:28
The 2016 update is available on the IFLA web site. There were five original trends, and they are trends that are still continuing. Two of the speakers contributed to the report o… Read More
2016-08-15 02:57
This session had multiple presenters and a ton of content. I types as fast as I could and also took photos when I knew I couldn't type fast enough. If something doesn't make sense, you… Read More
2016-08-10 13:30
Photo by Carol HighsmithLikely you have heard that Carol Highsmith has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Getty Images. Highsmith's images are available through the Library of Congress… Read More
2016-08-05 13:30
In 2014, Delaware became "the first state to follow the latest suggestion from the Uniform Law Commission, a non-profit group that crafts model legislation and lobbies to enact it across a… Read More
2016-08-04 13:30
Walkway at the Maymount MansionIn an unprecedented move, I took two weeks off at the end of July and stepped away from work and my work email. Two weeks. There are countries in the wor… Read More
2016-07-06 13:30
Jacquilynne Schlesier has written a thought-provoking article about a Canadian copyright case (Maltz v. Witterick), where a writer used facts from a documentary to write a fiction book. &hell…Read More
2016-06-23 20:18
It has been over a week since the 2016 SLA Annual Conference came to a close. Now with the conference in my rear view mirror, let me talk about a few more sessions and other things of… Read More
2016-06-19 00:57
Josh Shear and Kelvin Ringold have started a new podcast series to muse on "better humanhood and dominating your world." As I listened to episode 1 - entitled "I Reserve the Right to C… Read More
2016-06-17 11:19
Tom Rink asked that we consider SLA our sandbox, where we can learn and experiment.Marilyn Johnson is the author of several books including This Book is Overdue!Since 2006, she has been talk… Read More
2016-06-15 01:26
Tom Rink, president Jill Strand, past president Dee Magnoni, president elect James King, secretary Nick Collison, treasurer Amy Burke, executive director Rink notes that… Read More
2016-06-14 20:45
Tom Rink asked that we consider SLA our sandbox, where we can learn and experiment.Marilyn Johnson is the author of several books including "This Book is Overdue!"Since 2006, she has been ta… Read More
2016-06-14 20:24
Michael Khoo:Ethnography in the Academy Ethnography as a method, which can be used to answer questions in different disciplines.MethodsQualitative / quantitativeSettingLength/type of observ… Read More
2016-06-14 16:02
Tina FranksYour resume and CV: Clearly describe your qualifications and make the connections between what you have done and what they want you to do.Describe your skill set,your degrees, y… Read More
2016-06-13 17:15
There was a lot of content in this session and much of it went by too fast. I hope the presenters place their presentations online.Elaine Lasda - Teaching data literacy to undergraduat… Read More
2016-06-12 14:47
Erika Andersen - Founding Partner, Proteus She is also a leadership blogger at Forbes.com. She is the author of the book "Be Bad First." Topic - "Learner As Leader" She wants to he… Read More
2016-06-07 13:45
In 2012, I noted that one of the things on my plate at work was the program's accreditation review. When I took on the role of program director in my school, I knew that the program's accred… Read More
2016-05-25 15:08
I haven't done a "Wayback Wednesday" in a while. This one was sparked by a recent inquiry and conversation.In October 2013, Maurice Coleman and I gave a one-hour webinar entitled… Read More
2016-05-13 19:11
This 2010 TEDxUSC talk by Johanna Blakley is well-worth watching, if you're interested in the sharing culture, creativity, and copyright.Description: "Copyright law's grip on film, music and… Read More
2016-05-10 13:30
The Turtles (1967)Pre-1972 music and its copyright status are back in the news!The copyright holders of the Turtles' number 1 hit - Happy Together - filed suit against Sirius XM Radio over i… Read More
2016-05-09 13:00
My Sunday paper contained a short article on using works that are in the public domain. The article included information on two relevant books, which might also be of interest to you… Read More
2016-04-28 13:30
As I sat in silence one day, the phrase "go boldly" entered my mind. Go boldly where? Ideas bounced around my head and I want to share a few with you.We're approaching the end of the spring… Read More
2016-04-27 13:00
It wasn't until my MSLIS program was approaching its time for our ALA accreditation rview that I considered who the reviewers actually are. The ALA accreditation review site visit is c… Read More
2016-04-18 19:12
According to ABC news, the U.S. Supreme Court today let stand the lower court rulings which favored Google. Rather than Google's book digitization being "epic scale" infringement, the… Read More
2016-04-18 18:56
In the April 8 episode of Beyond the Book, Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly senior writer, and Christopher Kenneally talked about the GSU copyright case and its most recent decision, which… Read More
2016-04-18 13:00
When students in my graduate class get to the topic of music and copyright, the conversation is fast and passionate, with lots of questions. We all recognize that some musical forms ar… Read More
2016-03-30 13:00
Erin Pike has created and performed a one-woman play - thatswhatshesaid (That's What She Said) - which "uses only female dialogue from the most-produced plays in America." (It has also been… Read More
2016-03-22 14:11
A few SU iSchool MSLIS students and alumniAnother Computers in Libraries Conference has come and gone. It was full of new ideas, reminders of things already learned (but perhaps not ye… Read More
2016-03-18 19:35
A few SU iSchool MSLIS students and alumniAnother Computers in Libraries Conference has come and gone. It was full of new ideas, reminders of things already learned (but perhaps not ye… Read More
2016-03-18 19:15
During my "Enabling Innovation" session on March 10, I had a large number of people do a brainstorming exercise. (We were spread out in the center section of the International Ballroom, so h… Read More
2016-03-18 14:41
There three speakers are from the NIST Research Library. Vicky Spitalniak - Lab Librarian and the Research Library BoardLab Librarians is a program that dates back to 1997.Each NIST la… Read More
2016-03-15 23:10
[Due to my schedule, I was only at half of this session.]Anita FeidlerMargaret MetcalfKerry MartinBecky MiltonFour presenters from CEB, which is a member based organization with over 21000 e… Read More
2016-03-15 23:07
The speaker: Mariana M. Long, U.S. Department of Justice Long started at the Justice Department as an attorney and then got her MSLIS. Her co-presenter could not be here (… Read More
2016-03-12 23:22
Li Fu and Bill Murray, U.S. Naval Academy Library"Computer Availability and Digital Resource Management"Naval Academy students are considered federal employees while in school and so cannot… Read More
2016-03-12 22:46
Tracy Z. Maleeff started by giving a disclaimer about Twitter and that the fact that the service changes. She also noted that she uses a lot of free sources.Twitter users tend to be i… Read More
2016-03-12 00:37
Tom Hogan notes that this is the 31st CIL conference. As always this conference is focused on technology applicable to libraries. There are 1181 participants, 166 exhibits only partici… Read More
2016-03-11 23:52
Forrest Foster, host of Let's Talk Learning Spaces - he works at an academic library in North Carolina - and Maurice Coleman, host of T is for Training - he is technical trainer for Harford… Read More
2016-03-11 23:51
Note that next year's conference will be March 21-23, 2017 at the Washington Hilton. Lee Rainie is the director of the Pew Internet Project. Pew Internet Project describes itself as a "fact… Read More
2016-03-11 01:46
Description: Panelists - Maurice Coleman, Topher Lawton and Jill Hurst-Wahl - discuss real-world common and unusual training mishaps and pitfalls.They emphasize ways they mitigated t… Read More
2016-03-11 01:46
Description: Panelists - Maurice Coleman, Topher Lawton and Jill Hurst-Wahl - discuss real-world common and unusual training mishaps and pitfalls.They emphasize ways they mitigated t… Read More
2016-03-10 16:45
Description: We brainstorm all the time, but do we do it correctly or well? The answer is, “No.” There are techniques and rules to help us get the most of out the brainstorming… Read More
2016-03-08 15:46
Speaker: Mary Ellen Bates Google (and other Internet) Search Tips and Tricks: Parentheses don't work You type: (a and b) or (c or d)Google does: a and (b or c) and dTo s… Read More
2016-02-29 13:32
Occasionally I've had a graduate student who is interested in Canadian copyright law. One of my former students found this LibGuide on the Canadian law. The site is specifically… Read More
2016-02-22 14:50
12 countries in dark green are currently part of the TPP.The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (as proposed) as not stayed in the news in the U.S. and seemingly has not been the subject of… Read More
2016-02-18 18:56
An open book on brown leavesEarlier this week I heard Dr. Paul Harpur, Senior Lecturer at The University of Queensland T.C. Beirne School of Law discuss the topic of "Disability, Access, and… Read More
2016-02-11 14:30
Sari Signorelli at the SU boothDue to my schedule, this post has been weeks in the making. Hopefully it is ready for primetime.The American Library Association Midwinter Conference was held… Read More
2016-01-25 14:30
Zachary Crockett has written an excellent article entitled "How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain" which contains good data and visualizations to help tell the story of Mickey Mouse and… Read More
2016-01-14 00:39
I came in late to Deborah Turner's talk and found what I heard to be fascinating. She talked about patrons really being connected to their public libraries and the need for the library… Read More
2016-01-14 00:37
Beyond books: emerging scholars talk about new directions and radical change research Panel developed by Don Latham (Florida State) and Annette Goldsmith (Univ. of Washington)For informatio… Read More
2016-01-14 00:33
Bill Kules (pedagogy.com) and Elizabeth Lieutenant (http://elizabethlieutenant.com) from Catholic UniversitySystemic program planning is cyclical and includes planning, implementation and as… Read More
2016-01-14 00:24
This morning I attended a really interesting, useful and different workshop at the ALISE conference entitled "Education to Innovate" (or Envisioning our information future and how to educate… Read More
2016-01-14 00:18
Kristen Schuster brought to the fore the importance of teaching this history of libraries (as an institution) and library science. It can make more intelligible what is going on curren… Read More
2016-01-14 00:11
Panel: Eileen Abels, Kristin Eschenfelder, Heidi Julien, Stephen Bajjaly The panel worked through these questions:What was your prior professional and academic background?… Read More
2016-01-14 00:07
Presenters: Kathleen McDowell, faculty at Univ. of IllinoisAnna Chovanec, graduate of SU 2015Madison Sullivan, graduate of UIUC, 2015Sarah Crissinger, graduate of UIUC, 2015Sveta Stoytcheva… Read More
2016-01-14 00:03
Sheila Corrall, Univ. of Pittsburgh Turning Professional Education Inside OutWill focus on the extent of our need to make radical change.Radical change is transformative. It has great… Read More
2016-01-13 23:58
Keren Dali and Nadia Caidi Different kind of diversity: rumination so nice the (un)attractiveness of th LIS programs to culturally diverse studentsWhy do people who are culturally diverse c… Read More
2016-01-13 23:56
Moderator: Seamus Ross Panelists: David Lankes, Wendy Newman, and Twyla GibsonThe Ethics and Values of Our ProfessionHow do we know that our students have grasped the ethics and values that… Read More
2016-01-13 23:49
Kathy Rosa, ALA Research and Statistics What are the humanities? No one definition.What is digital humanities? One web site serves up a variety of definitions. Digitally created as… Read More
2016-01-06 14:16
Tidbit from the innovative pedagogues session - Nicole Cooke (UIUC) used the StoryCorps app for a student assignment, where students interviewed each other. Besides turning in the assi… Read More
2016-01-04 15:57
The web site Law360 has a post on five copyright cases to watch in 2016. Those cases are: Oracle v. GoogleCapitol v. Vimeo 'Blurred Lines'Fox v. FilmOnFox News v. TVEyesI encourage yo… Read More
2015-12-29 15:00
With increased activity on data analysis, big data, text mining, and the like, you might wonder if copyright law covers this type of use. U.S. copyright law has no specific exceptions… Read More
2015-12-28 15:00
In June, I blogged about "Orphan Works and Mass Digitization: A Report of the Register of Copyright"and noted that there was a period for public comments. That period closed on Oct 9… Read More
2015-12-23 18:18
In my end of the year cleaning - also known as the avoidance of grading papers - I found this draft blog post from the Computers in Libraries Conference, which I had never published. A… Read More
2015-12-21 14:57
In my copyright class, I have enjoyed talking about the sond "Happy Birthday" because it had been something that people didn't realize was still covered by copyright. But now it has be… Read More
2015-12-21 14:55
South St. in Philadelphia, PAWith 2016 just around the corner, this is where my travels will be taking me:January 5-8: ALISE, Boston, MA. (#alise16) - ALISE is a conference for library and i… Read More
2015-12-14 14:30
Last Friday, I spoke to one of the councils of the Manufacturers Association of Central New York on competitive intelligence. Since I don't like for a good handout to go to waste, I'm… Read More
2015-11-27 15:10
During any holiday period, I try to catch up on my journal reading. (I don't think you really want to know how far behind I am!) Yesterday, I finally read this article by Matt En… Read More
2015-11-24 21:16
The Creative Commons has analyzed the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and found six items of concern related to copyright and the public domain. One of those concerns is th… Read More
2015-11-20 14:43
Once I left graduate school, I went to work in industry which influenced how I write. Writing for me is not an academic exercise. Rather I write to make point, to influence, or to inform.&nb&hell…Read More
2015-10-27 23:30
Kevin Ashton, who wrote How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery, said: The more you work, the more likely you are to succeed.That is not the message that… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Information Today has interviewed a few of the speakers that will be at this year's Computers in Libraries Conference, including me! You can read them here. Each person was asked the s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Wednesday (March 12), Syracuse, NY received 12.1 inches of snow. This was the most snow in one day in several years. You would think that I spent the day at home or in my office… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I've been in a number of conversations recently about how we (professionals) use social media to promote our ourselves organizations, and attract people to what we and our organizations do… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If you are looking for a good one-page copyright policy as a model for your library, check out the Iowa City Public Library copyright policy. What I like about this policy is tha… Read More
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