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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 November, 2009

Citing hybrid uptake, Nature lowers subscription costs on 2 journals

Peter Suber, Open Access News Prices for site licence access to The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports will be reduced by 9% in 2010, reflecting the increased publication of Open Access content in 2008. Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) announced the decision today, following ratification by the EMBO Council. [...]

Atrae Pennae – My Letter to michael@dell.com

Atrae Pennae – My Letter to michael@dell.com One of my friends is getting royally screwed by Dell. His story is linked but basically he bought an ultra-expensive laptop with the super-warranty and Dell is refusing to honor it.

TV admits it was wrong about PVRs – Boing Boing

TV admits it was wrong about PVRs – Boing Boing Tim from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, “Digital Video Recorders, once considered a mortal threat by the entertainment industry, have now become its new best friend. It’s just the latest example of how the industry’s constant warnings of the dangers of “piracy” frequently turn out [...]