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Rex Libris – The Card Holder
Rex LibrisOriginally uploaded by ppival The other day as I was bent down changing my shoes I noticed that my business cards, held in a holder next to Rex, would probably fit under his leg. And Lo they did, and now I have a new, cooler, business card holder.
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Canadian Copyright Amendment Bill coming tomorrow (Thursday)
Government of Canada to Table Bill to Amend the Copyright Act OTTAWA, June 11, 2008 — The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, and Minister for La Francophonie, will deliver brief statements and answer media inquiries shortly after the tabling…
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Canadian Library Association Position Statement on Open Access for Canadian Libraries
My colleague Andrew Waller, co-convener (with Heather Morrison) of the CLA Open Access Task Force sent this out today: (from the CLA Website): Whereas connecting users with the information they need is one of the library’s most essential functions, and access to information is one of librarianship’s most cherished values, therefore CLA recommends that Canadian…
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Google’s RSS-embedding tool
Here's a quick screencast I created to look at Google's (new?) tool that allows ordinary folks to embed RSS feeds on a website: Pretty nifty!
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Shrinking Books, Shrinking Fair Use
Peter Brantley has a really thought-provoking piece on his blog entitled Shrinking Books, Shrinking Fair Use, in which he wonders (via Scott Walker at UIUC) how Fair Use (and Fair Dealing) will work when content routinely becomes unbundled. The rule of thumb for a book, for instance, is that you can use 10% or a…