Last week I had the distinct pleasure of presenting at the 2012 Massachusetts Library Association conference. I must say that having been to more than a dozen state library conferences this was one of the best experiences I ever had. Everyone I met was lovely and I hope to stay in touch with (at...
Read more →I looked at Prezzi back when it first arrived on the scene and even did a version of my Creative Commons presentation using Prezzi. This thing was enough to make me consider updating that version from 2009 in order to present it next week at the Wyoming Library Association Conference. After thinking about it...
Read more →Regular readers should be well aware of my feelings on Copyright and fair use here in the US. But a combination of factors lead me to this post. The first was the Google Secrets presentation (video will be posted when available) I gave yesterday for NNYLN. While talking about the features of Google image...
Read more →On my way home yesterday afternoon I was listening to episode #176 of the Beyond the Book podcast from the Copyright Clearance Center. The episode featured two speakers on “Interactive Textbooks: Poised for Success?” The episode is only about 30 minutes long and I highly recommend it to anyone reading this that has anything...
Read more →Here’s a video of the most recent version of my Creative Commons presentation. There’s not much different from the last few iterations but this one does include color commentary from my colleague Christa Burns. (It’s also the first video I’m posting via SlideShare, which now does video.) Participating In The Creative Commons (Video) View...
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Read more →I’m listening to the audio version of this right now and it’s brilliant. Here’s the video for your viewing pleasure. In his new book The Public Domain, Professor James Boyle describes how our culture, science and economic welfare all depend on the delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are...
Read more →For a while now, photos posted on flickr by the White House have been licensed under a CC-BY license. While this was the most lenient of the CC licensing options it wasn’t exactly appropriate as these photos were technically in the public domain. Because of this, the attribution requirement of the CC license, although...
Read more →I’m back from Computers in Libraries 2009 and I’ve got a lot to share. The first is Wednesday’s keynote talk from Michael Edson, Director of Web and New Media Strategy at the Smithsonian Institution. It was streamed live online (a first for CIL) and was recorded. Listen to him and then go read all...
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