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Problem viewing MS Word through Firefox in OSX
Firefox and Word in OSXOriginally uploaded by ppival There appears to be some sort of glitch when trying to view MS Word documents (Word 2008 12.1.0) via Firefox (2.0.0.14) on OSX.5.2 and 5.3. If you simply click a link to a Word document and tell Firefox to have Word open it, Word will open and…
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E-Books in Research Libraries: Issues of Access and Use
“There is a danger that research libraries are adding e-books to their collections using agreements that significantly reduce users’ rights. There is some urgency to improve this situation before it becomes a de facto standard. The Task Group on E-Books makes two recommendations to the CARL Copyright Committee: to create or endorse a statement of…
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Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication
From TL Infobits, news of a draft report from UC Berkeley called Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication: An In-depth Study of Faculty Needs and Ways of Meeting Them. (This is almost exactly the topic we asked candidates for a recent position here at the U of C to address!) Some of the questions…
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Google Book Search Bibliography
Charles W. Bailey, Jr. has published version 2 of his Google Book Search Bibliography. From the introduction: “This bibliography presents selected English-language articles and other works that are useful in understanding Google Book Search. It primarily focuses on the evolution of Google Book Search and the legal, library, and social issues associated with it. Where…
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Wikitannica
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the Encyclopaedia Britannica is “about to launch a new initiative” that will allow users to participate in the EB Wikipedia-style. From the press release, “A complete redesign, editing tools, and incentive programs will give expert contributors and users the means to take part in the further improvement of…