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EU allowing libraries to digitise books without permission | What’s New in Publishing
“The right of libraries to communicate, by dedicated terminals, the works they hold in their collections would risk being rendered largely meaningless, or indeed ineffective, if they did not have an ancillary right to digitise the works in question.” via EU allowing libraries to digitise books without permission | What’s New in Publishing.
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Radical Librarianship: how ninja librarians are ensuring patrons’ electronic privacy – Boing Boing
“Librarians in Massachusetts are working to give their patrons a chance to opt-out of pervasive surveillance. Partnering with the ACLU of Massachusetts, area librarians have been teaching and taking workshops on how freedom of speech and the right to privacy are compromised by the surveillance of online and digital communications — and what new privacy-protecting […]
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Libraries dumping of books could signal a new dark age
“In May, Sydney University announced its library “restructure”. This magnificent library, among the country’s finest, had already, a decade earlier, deacquisitioned some 60,000 books and theses. More recently there were further, unquantified and undeclared cloak-and-dagger dumpings to make space for the wifi and lounge-chairs that have given the once magical Fisher stack the look and […]
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Library Without Books Debuts at Florida’s Newest College | NDTV Gadgets
“The inaugural class of 550 students, offered scholarships covering tuition to attend a public university so new it’s not yet accredited, can access more than 135,000 ebooks on their choice of reader, tablet or laptop. A bookless library is a rarity among U.S. colleges but reflects the high-tech ambitions of the university in Lakeland, Florida. […]
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Nothing will happen: from e-books to drones
“Tech community never lacked ideas which made their gatherings original. Such was the recently held, curiously named “Nothing Will Happen” anti-conference, certainly the most prominent event based on fusing Internet technologies and the social aspect of technology adoption.” via Nothing will happen: from e-books to drones.
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Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds | Books | The Guardian
the performance was largely similar, except when it came to the timing of events in the story. “The Kindle readers performed significantly worse on the plot reconstruction measure, ie, when they were asked to place 14 events in the correct order.” via Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds | Books | […]
