The Shifted Librarian: Thursday, September 25, 2003- Library Associations Take on the Entertainment Industry …it won’t be long before the entertainment industry actively turns on libraries. You can feel it coming, can’t you? 12-year olds honors students, 66-year old retired teachers, and librarians.

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Many artists singing mixed tune when it comes to file-sharing fight The recording artist Moby, on his Web site, offered a similar opinion, suggesting the music companies treat users of file-sharing services like music fans instead of criminals. “How can a 14-year-old who has an allowance of $5 a [...]

Google Meets eBay: What Academic Librarians Can Learn from Alternative Information Providers An interesting article from D-Lib, well worth reading.

PUBDOMAIN BREAD- Broadening the base of our Public Domain.

Calif. law protects us from security breaches As of July 1, a new California statute requires any business with customers in California to alert those customers if anyone steals sensitive private information that could lead to identity theft (like your name combined with your Social Security number, driver’s license number, or financial account information). The [...]

The Researching Librarian: Home This site was created for librarians–new or experienced–who find themselves needing to perform research for purposes of publication, promotion, tenure, or other reasons. I hope that it also might be useful for other audiences and needs. Intended as a supplement to the print and electronic resources available in library collections, this [...]

The Shifted Librarian: Monday, September 22, 2003- Could the Yale Libraries Stream Music to their Students? A very cool idea curtesy of The Shifted Librarian

The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Many artists singing mixed tune when it comes to file-sharing fight The recording artist Moby, on his Web site, offered a similar opinion, suggesting the music companies treat users of file-sharing services like music fans instead of criminals. “How can a 14-year-old who has an allowance of $5 a [...]

Court scrutinizes P2P subpoena process | CNET News.com Judge John Roberts questioned the RIAA’s expansive interpretation of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which allows copyright holders to glean the identity of alleged infringers without filing a lawsuit first. Roberts said that if he left the door to his library ajar and someone entered, [...]

The Shifted Librarian: Tuesday, September 16, 2003- And Yet You’re Eliminating Libraries?? Make sure you have copies of this document to hand out to all of your patrons. Put these numbers on your web site. Include them in your newsletter. Autograph a copy and send it to your legislators.