It’s not enough to know your own country’s copyright laws …
From Library Link of the day (Nov 8, 2007 posting), a link to this story: The Day the Music Died, on BBC News.
Excerpts:
Also from Virtual Chase:
‘Organizations Issue “Orphan Works” Statement
(30 Oct) The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers and the Professional/Scholarly Division of the Association of American Publishers have issued a statement on orphan works, or copyrighted materials whose owners cannot be found. The opinion of the trade associations “is that private market solutions are almost always to be preferred, since they are the most likely to provide tangible results, and that solution is put forward in the new ‘safe harbor’ document. Users who conduct such a search where the owner of such a work is later identified, will be subject only to a normal license fee and will not be subject to any statutory, punitive or special fees or damages.”‘
LLRX has a book review by Julia Wotipka, of Mark Frauenfelder’s “Rule the Web.”
Excerpt from Wotipka’s book review:
“I consider myself a deep web research pro. I’ve been using the Internet for over 15 years. Back in the day when V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A. (Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Computer Archives) – was a computer search engine for Gopher, the prelude to today’s Web. Fast-forward to this year’s Nerd Chic best-selling book Rule the Web: How to Do Anything and Everything on the Internet – Better, Faster, Easier by Mark Frauenfelder, is not to be missed. Recently one reviewer described it as “The Joy of Cooking, only it’s about the Web instead of meatloaf.”
Even as a librarian, as a bibliophile, a book-in-the-trunk (in every nook and cranny) sort of person, a web surfer, as a cereal-box reader since childhood (and you know you are one too) … even as all of these, I have always looked skeptically at the handheld, electronic “books” that get rolled out ever few years (though not for the reasons you might think – read on!). The latest e-book is just technologically more sophisticated than the first one – but it’s still wrong. (And I’ve started calling them Y-Books, for obvious reasons – don’t these tech designers commute?)
To me, apart from their tech/battery problems, the e-book creators never seemed to have grasped what a human Reader really is and what a human Reader wants and needs, especially the commuter or traveling Reader.
It’s incredibly simple:
Jerry Boone‘s column today (Oct 24th) in the Oregonian is on photo radar in Beaverton: “Who’s the boss of photo radar?”
I’m sure we’re not the only library in the state that sees its fair share of people wanting to know how to fight a photo radar ticket. One way is here, but there are others, most of which begin with reading the law.
Now, am I not just the Queen of Understatement ….
This post, The Perfect Client, from a May 25th, 2007 post at the Oregon Divorce Blog is getting a fair amount of play. A New Jersey family law blogger likes it too.
Excerpt from the Oregon Divorce Blog post:
What a lawyer thinks of as a “perfect client” in the domestic relations sense is a client who helps the process of the dissolution, custody, or support matter along. We know how hard this process is to be going through, but it can be a much more difficult process the longer it drags on — and a much more expensive one for you. (Although we like getting paid as much as anyone else, we believe we should be problem-solvers, not problem-creators.)
See recent updates (e.g. 2/10/11), but also click on the Home Alone label in the sidebar or the bottom of this post.
Some of the most frequently asked questions by parents (of librarians!) are.
When can I leave my children home alone?
How old do my children need to be before I can leave them alone?
How old does my oldest child need to be before I can leave him/her alone with a younger sibling?
1) If you just need a quick and dirty answer to your “what is the effective date of this new law?” question and don’t have time to find the answer yourself (or just aren’t interested), phone the:
The Legislative Liaisons are quick, helpful, courteous and just plain terrific.
2) If you want a DIY (Do-it-Yourself) lesson in Effective Dates, read on:
The Oregonian’s Julie Tripp had an enlightening article in the Sunday Oregonian, 10/14/07, “Most trusted person is often the embezzler.” Make sure you also read the Fact Box, with its list of additional contacts:
An excerpt from the article:
‘As a board member of a church-related nonprofit, Kathy DeYoung came so close to an embezzlement disaster when the pastor ran off with the funds that she became a missionary for financial stewardship.
Librarians, public and law, hear a lot of people complaining about their own or their community’s problems, but few who want to take the next step, or the next, or the next. But some do – and some are downright amazing. It’s hard to take on the system, city hall, and even harder to change legislation. A story a couple of weeks ago by Su-Jin Yim in the September 27th, 2007 Oregonian, “Two Tough Moms,” was one of those stories, about two people who went from knowing nothing about lawmaking to becoming informed and outspoken citizens – and went on to change the world.
‘A few years ago, neighbors Pauline McGuire and Julie Volpel were doing what moms do. Juggling kids’ schedules and work. Caring for elderly parents. Creating a patchwork of family life and community work that underpins all of American society.
Oregon Legal Research Blog