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The Creative Librarian is a hub for matters important to librarians/information scientists of today. There is a definite lean towards electronic issues, however it isn't restricted to only those. Hopefully this site will also be useful for informing non-librarians on these issues as so many of them affect us all.

Archive for June, 2007

North American Broadcasters Association knifes NPR and PBS at the United Nations anti-podcasting treaty negotiation

Boing Boing: North American Broadcasters Association knifes NPR and PBS at the United Nations anti-podcasting treaty negotiation The North American Broadcasters’ Association has broken its own by-laws and trampled the position of NPR and PBS, endorsing a controversial policy at the United Nations. This week, the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization is holding a critical [...]

Email gets fourth amendment protection again

Boing Boing: Email gets fourth amendment protection again In a tremendous victory for privacy rights, the US 6th circuit court has restored the power of 4th amendment protection to emails stored on a remote host like an ISP or Webmail, striking down sections of the Stored Communications Act which have been routinely used to grab [...]

Captions for Video with Flash CS3

Flash is popular for adding interactive media to websites such as movies and tutorials. Now there’s an easy, built-in way to add captioning for the hearing impaired or sub-titles for other languages. Digital Web Magazine – Captions for Video with Flash CS3 gives and introduction on using this option.