On a related UN note, the 28th session of the Committee on Information runs until May 5. Agenda items include:
Report of the Secretary-General on the modernization and integrated management of
United Nations libraries: update on new strategic directions (A/AC.198/2006/2)
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Open access reading and writing
Published by April 30th, 2006 in Research/Writing, Open Access, Commons and Copyright. 0 CommentsI just finished reading The Access Principle (Willinsky, 2006) which I would recommend to librarians looking for an introduction to Open Access as a whole (those who read around this subject widely probably won’t find too much new here). Willinsky defines the access principle as:
“commitment to the value and quality of research carries withit a […]
Things have been so hectic lately I didn’t even notice World IP Day passing me by on April 26. In a previous job, one of my roles was to coordinate information for the many days and weeks that the UN designates for various causes. World IP Day is a newer initiative of WIPO:
“The 183 WIPO […]
Barnard’s zine library is in the New York Times (via Library Stuff)! My husband and I visited Jenna’s collection last year while my husband was on a scholarship. I was impressed by all the nerdy library stuff (it’s all catalogued) wheras my husband was really impressed with the content. His research concerns independent media and […]
Announcing: LISauthor wiki
Published by April 10th, 2006 in General, Library technology, Research/Writing, Open Access and Australia. 3 CommentsHere’s hoping the ’sphere can cope with one more wiki: LISauthor. The LISauthor wiki is something that has resulted from a few projects I have been involved with over the past year and a half. It started as a personal project for me to conceptualise my thoughts on eScholarship, libraries/librarians as publishers, and connecting readers […]
Normally, I wouldn’t write about a website redesign. However, the New York Times has something that I am very grateful for - a simple, effective “Today’s Paper” section.
Newspaper reference and searching is a big part of what most desk-working librarians do, and little causes confusion more than having to distinguish between print/web/and database-accessed versions of […]
