One of the better things about having your naked librarian page widely publicized is that people send you more links for it. Here is a wonderful “reading is sexy” page from Scott Kepford’s fashion photography club page. [thanks david]
Author: jessamyn
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.
don’t mess with me, or any other librarian
Wired News has a “Don’t mess with librarians” article that I contributed heavily to that you might find interesting.
some bad pending legislation
While we’re on the subject, let’s talk about some bad pending legislation that could affect libraries, privacy or access to information
- The INDUCE Act – criminalizing copyright violating software/hardware [bill/commentary]
- new FOIA exemptions [commentary]
- Family Movie Act – allowing software censoring of DVDs without copyright violations [news article]
- CAPPSII – profiling passengers [eff info]
- US v. Councilman – email privacy rehearing sought [news article]
- various SPY acts [commentary]
There is some good news, however, section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act will “sunset” a scant fifteen months from now along with many other parts of the USAPA.
hi – 13sep
Hi. I didn’t link the photos from my trip yet. There are a lot of nature shots but some good ones of the Haskell Library, the one that straddles the US-Canada border. You can see them here.