Category: Legal
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The Sub Prime meltdown explained (twice)
Two different ways to explain the same weird situation – which one works better for you? PBS NewsHour (thanks for the link Dad)The Subprime Primer, explained by Stick Men (contains potentially offensive language) Hope not too many of you are directly caught in this mess :-/
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Harvard faculty votes to post research online
“Harvard University’s arts and science faculty voted unanimously yesterday to post their scholarly articles and research online, where they would be available for free to the public, despite concerns that the move would affect the quality of research.” – full story from the Boston Globe. Some interesting quotes in the article, like this one from…
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As of yet, no copyright bill has been introduced…
As mentioned last week, Industry Minister Jim Prentice spoke at the U of C on Friday, February 8, 2008. He didn’t end up speaking about copyright, though the audience sure did. His topic was on policy making around greenhouse gas reductions, but 5 of the 8 questions asked were about copyright law. He seemed to…
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Canadian Copyright updates
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has just released a really good 11-page document called The Copyright Act and Academic Staff (February 2008) (pdf). It discusses what they feel needs to be addressed of concern to Higher Education in any upcoming copyright legislation. And on that note, rumour has it that tomorrow will be…
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ProQuest Acquires RefWorks
There sure seem to be a log of acquisitions lately! Official PDF version, or: BETHESDA, MD, USA (January 18, 2008) – RefWorks, LLC, the leading provider of a web-based research management, writing, and collaboration tool, has announced that it has been acquired by ProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company. With over 900 institutions worldwide and…
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Online Workshop: Building a Community that Values Academic Integrity
You might be interested in this online workshop from the Center for Intellectual Property at UMUC ($150) Building a Community that Values Academic IntegrityDates: February 25 – March 7, 2008 (early registration by February 8 )Moderators: Gary Pavela, M.A., J.D., Director of Judicial Programs and Student Ethical Development, University of Maryland — College Park &…
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AAAS Says Science Will Remain in JSTOR
No real details, but Library Journal reports that: Under pressure from libraries for its 2007 decision to pull its flagship publication, Science, from JSTOR, the popular electronic journals database, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) said today that it has reversed course, and that Science will remain in JSTOR. Citing a confidentiality…
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CafeScribe – online textbooks
Not very much content there yet, mostly law titles, but CafeScribe seems to be somewhat like ebrary for textbooks – you can search, highlight and take notes in the volumes you purchase. Found via Mashable.