“The three-step test was not initially intended to limit library exceptions. It was created in 1967, in the Berne Convention, in a limited way, and not to regulate all exceptions. It did not regulate the “particular” exceptions in the Berne Convention on a wide range of topics, including education, it did not regulate the first […]
“Books are for use. Every reader his [or her] book. Every book its reader. Save the time of the reader. The library is a growing organism.” via Five laws of library science – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
“Only 8% of schools in South Africa have libraries, and books are expensive and often difficult to find. FunDza aims to boost literacy among teens and young adults in South Africa by popularising reading; growing communities of readers; and, developing young writing talent. FunDza achieves this by providing content that will get young people hooked […]
“The desire for a better social and societal record has led us to huge libraries and massive data centers. We are constantly seeking improved ways to document, remember, and share our information. Our collective cultural database is gigantic, yet as privatization and balkanization take over, especially in digital spaces, our access to it has become […]
“Onym is a library. A truly public one. It is a free online database comprising the collections of private libraries in the city of Cologne. By making accessible what used to be exclusive, and by assembling what used to be diffuse, Onym aims to reassert the notion of what a library as an institutional embodiment […]
via readwriteweb.com “Last week, the long-running lawsuit between Google and the Association of American Publishers that the AAP launched in 2005 was settled. Under its terms, “[t]he settlement acknowledges the rights and interests of copyright-ho…