Tartakoff, J. (2009, November 9). Google, Authors Ask Judge For More Time To Hammer Out Books Settlement. paidContent. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-google-authors-ask-judge-for-more-time-to-hammer-out-new-settlement/
A judge granted an extension for this Friday — Friday the 13th! paidContent posted the primary source requesting an extension.
Archive for the ‘Library News’ Category
paidContent: More time given for the Google Books settlement
Posted in InfoTech, Library News on November 10, 2009 | Comments Off
CJR: FCC taps Waldman to study the “State of the Media”
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Garber, M. (2009, October 29). FCC Taps Waldman to Study “State of the Media” : CJR. Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/fcc_taps_waldman_to_study_stat.php?page=all
CJR cites Waldman’s blog Beliefnet. The FCC have a post at 10/28/09, “Steven Waldman Named to Lead Commission Effort on Future of Media in a Changing Technological Landscape” (pdf).
NewsHour: Kindle, Price War changing the way we read
Posted in Culture and Communications, Library News on November 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Kindle, Price War Changing the Way We Read. (2009, November 2). Online NewsHour. Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/books_11-02.html
You can stream video of the interview by Jeffrey Brown of Kassia Krozser (Booksquare.com) and Lev Grossman (TIME magazine, author and reviewer).
Bill in Congress proposes free access to CRS reports
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
From an email by Patrice McDermott at OpentheGovernment.org (posted by Mary Mallory, UIUC Library to alacoun@ala.org, 10/29/09):
We need your help to urge Congress to provide free online access to taxpayer-funded Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports!
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) uses taxpayer dollars to produce excellent reports on public policy issues ranging from foreign affairs, to [...]
LexisNexis: Scheduled maintenance outage Oct 31st
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
From Alistair Morrison, Product Manager:
All LexisNexis online products will be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance outage related to the end of Daylight Savings Time. LexisNexis online products will be unavailable to users from October 31, 9:00 p.m. through November 01, 2009, 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time. While we have scheduled the outage at time of relatively [...]
Library News: Consumer Media Ad Source includes digital/web direct marketing lists
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Integrated Marketing Communications, Library News, Public Relations on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
From SRDS to their customers (modified for Ithaca College users):
Click here to watch a brief overview of what’s new.
Click here to register for complimentary training. Click “register” after the Consumer/B2B session
*The new version of SRDS Consumer Media Advertising Source is now available.
As part of your existing subscription, your databases now include data on digital/web and [...]
Michael Moore tips hat to R.U. Grad Sparanese
Posted in Legal Studies, Library News, Television on October 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Chadwick, J. (2009, October 5). Michael Moore Tips His Hat to Rutgers Graduate —. Rutgers FOCUS. Retrieved October 8, 2009, from http://news.rutgers.edu/focus/issue.2009-09-21.7408167606/article.2009-10-02.4887745794.
You go, girl. A fellow graduate of the school formerly known as SCILS.
Of course we have Stupid White Men and Other Excuses for the State of the Nation as well as Triple Cross by [...]
beyondChron: Muchnick ties his case to the Google Books settlement issue
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Muchnick, Irvin. (2009, September 29). Google Books, Freelance Settlements Equally Stalled – and Inextricably Intertwined. BeyondChron: San Francisco’s Alternative Online Daily News. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Google_Books_Freelance_Settlements_Equally_Stalled_and_Inextricably_Intertwined_7394.html.
Muchnick draws parallels between his pending Supreme Court case (out of the rib of Tasini) & the Google settlement issue.
BeyondChron: Elsevier v. Muchnick
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Muchnick, Irvin. (2009, September 14). Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick Is About the Hijacking of Tasini v. Times. BeyondChron: San Francisco’s Alternative Online Daily New. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=7345.
While looking at the Sup Ct roster for Salazar, I happened upon Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick (08-103 -pdf). Not sure if LJAN will continue to update [...]
LJAN: Google settlement postponed
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Older, Norman. (2009, September 22). Google Settlement Hearing Postponed After DoJ Push for More Negotiations. Library Journal Academic Newswire. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6698280.html?nid=2673&rid=2020255194&source=title.
Apparently the hearing was to be October 7th. FIR 9/18/09 DOJ.
paidContent: Brown’s book sells better on Kindle
Posted in InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Library News on September 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Kee, Tameka. (2009, September 16). Dan Brown’s New Book Selling Better On Kindle Than In Hardcover Via Amazon . paidContent. Retrieved September 17, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-dan-browns-new-book-selling-better-on-kindle-than-in-hardcover-via-amaz/.
Kee notes one of the variables:
Part of the digital lead is probably attributable to the fact that the hardcover version has been available for longer than the digital copy; the [...]
NYTimes: Blowing the pixie dust off Disney’s archive
Posted in Culture and Communications, Library News on September 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Barnes, B. (2009, September 9). Blowing the Pixie Dust Off Disney’s Archives. The New York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/movies/09archive.html?_r=1.
What a fun job: Becky Cline manages the Walt Disney Co. archive. It includes the, “bejeweled storybook used for the opening scene of ‘Sleeping Beauty’…” Such props will be on display at the Anaheim [...]
Publishers Weekly: Darnton on dead books
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Library News on September 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Darton, Robert. (2009, September 14). On the ropes? Robert Darnton’s Case for Books. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 17, 2009, from http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6696290.html.
People like to call things dead: journalism, libraries, books, and Gott, too, of course. I’m glad Darton nods to the wisdom pithy potty-scribes.
Mediapost: battle of college textbooks
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Library News on September 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Coates, D. (2009, September 11). The Battle Of College Textbooks Begins Anew. MediaPost Publications . Retrieved September 14, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=113346#comments.
Interesting probe into the cost of college textbooks by a co-founder of SurveyU.
Google Books: attacked @ home & abroad
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations on September 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Davis, Wendy. (2009, September 9). Google Book Search Settlement Draws Writers’ Ire . MediaPost Publications . Retrieved September 9, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=113150.
Big name authors like Chabon, Lethem, and Doctorow oppose the Google Book settlement. Court papers were, “filed Tuesday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, and UC Berkeley School of Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology & [...]
ALA-SRRT: Alternate resources on the G20 Summitt
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Library News on September 8, 2009 | Comments Off
T. M. Twiss posted to the American Library Associations Social Responsibility Round Table a list of alternative resources on the G20. It was put together by Mr. Twiss & others from Pittsburg with the help of Chuck D’Adamo of the Alternative Press Center. Take a Look.
paidContent: Comcast v. FCC; Google Books
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on August 31, 2009 | Comments Off
2 of interest from paidContent:
Kramer, S. (2009, August 28). Comcast Wins Appeal Against FCC’s Cable Ownership Cap. paidContent. Retrieved August 31, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-comcast-wins-appeal-against-fccs-cable-ownership-cap/. A fulltext copy of the case is included
Smith, P. (2009, August 28). EC Media Commissioner Backs Google Books Plan . paidContent. Retrieved August 31, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-ec-media-commissioner-backs-google-books-plan/.
Project Look Sharp: new curriculum material
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Library News, Media Literacy on August 31, 2009 | Comments Off
From an email to Educators, 8/28/09:
We wanted to let you know about our latest curriculum materials that are now available for free on our website! We hope that as you plan your units of study this year that you may easily integrate our media literacy and critical thinking teaching materials into your curriculum.
Download the attachment [...]
LATimes.com: Big Tech opposes Google Book settlement
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on August 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Pham, A. (2009, August 21). Google book scanning project gains three major tech opponents . latimes.com. Retrieved August 27, 2009, from http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google21-2009aug21,0,4130944.story.
Who? Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Amazon. Quote from the 2nd & 3rd paragraphs:
Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have signed on to a coalition being assembled by the Internet Archive and Gary Reback, a [...]
MarketingDaily: E-Reader wars
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Library News on August 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Mahoney, S. (2009, August 26). Sony Rattles Amazon’s Cage With New E-Reader . MediaPost Publications . Retrieved August 26, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=112213.
Sony challenges Amazon’s e-book reader with its own hot product.
