Multi-Purpose Librarian
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism on Jul 22nd, 2008
This week I am in Malaysia for the International Council on Archives 2008 Congress in Kuala Lumpur. Please forgive any typos; the jet lag is intense. I’m here because a former grad school classmate of mine, Anne Bast, has been interning with the ICA and arranged for me to come do some presentations with her [...]
Posted in Open Access, Publishing on Jul 15th, 2008
The title about sums it up. The American Psychological Association’s policy for complying with the NIH Public Access policy is godawful.
Here are the details, from the Digital Koans blog:
The American Psychological Association’s “Document Deposit Policy and Procedures for APA Journals” outlines its policies and procedures regarding the requirements of the NIH Public Access Policy. [...]
Posted in Digital Culture on Jul 7th, 2008
Before you read this post, go watch the music video for Weezer’s Pork and Beans, if you haven’t already. While you watch, you can play Count the Meme, or just check out the video’s Wikipedia entry, which catalogs every meme reference with links to the originals. Warning: You may lose several hours tracking down all [...]
Posted in Copyright, Creative Commons Evangelism, Digital Culture on Jul 1st, 2008
As a part of Ann Arbor Summer Fest, the Ann Arbor District Library hosted A Panel Discussion on Digital Culture and Internet Rights. The headliner, if panels can be said have headliners, was Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Minister of Culture, superstar musician, and Creative Commons evangelist extraordinaire.
The other panelists were local luminaries in the areas of [...]
