It’s delightful when someone puts together a web resource that you wish you’d done yourself. I can’t wait to pass around the Accessible Design for Library Web Sites pages at work. [libinblack]
Category: access
government legislation concerning access to information
Put your reading caps on if you care about access to government information. The Government Reform Committee Minority Office [i.e. the Democrats] have published a big chunky report entitled “Secrecy in the Bush Administration” Covering topics ranging from FOIA to the expansion of “national security” and “sensitive information” classifications to the administration’s reluctance or refusal to provide Congress with information necessary to their research and committee work. The ALA is mentioned on page 67, the USA PATRIOT Act on page seven.
For example, the National Security Archive is an independent research institute and library located at George Washington University, which collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through FOIA. As of early 2004, the National Security Archive had over 300 outstanding FOIA requests submitted in 2001, for which the government had provided no substantive response. [secrecy news]
copyright renewal tool – cites and insights
Go get the latest Cites and Insights. In it you will find many wonderful things including good reporting on the INDUCE Act, some thoughts on “dead media” and this nifty tool to at least help you ascertain whether US copyright has been renewed for a book or not.
This form searches the U. S. copyright renewal records. Any book published during the years 1923-1963 which is found in this file is still under copyright, as are all books published after 1964 (although until 1989 they still had to have proper notice and registration). Books published before 1923, or before Jan. 1, 1964 and not renewed, are out of copyright. This file does not contain listings for music, movies, or periodicals.
maybe a guest spot from time to time
Eli and I may be posting a wee bit over at the commons-blog as Fred becomes a gibbering fool over his new family member.
starting from the school level to make web sites accessible
IMLS gives grant to UB to create accessible web sites for libraries. The program will also try to recruit library students with disabilities to participate in this program, helping answer the question often asked “what about the librarians with disabilities?” [libwebchic]