Sunday, October 6, 2002

visiting London Tomorrow I'm taking a week long holiday to London. I am definitely not one to check in on work stuff while I'm on holidays, so it is very unlikely that this blog will be updated until Tuesday, 15 October. 11:19:21 PM     interesting article on the Mickey Mouse Preservation Act Newsweek: Glitterati vs. Geeks. Steven Levy. Now Lessig has his chance to shift the momentum by overturning the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. The most recent of 11 extensions of copyright terms, it stretches exclusive control of a work from 50 to 70 years after the creator's death. [Tomalak's Realm] 11:17:50 PM     one professor's warning to plagiarists Reasons for Plagiarism Confidentiality laws preclude me from talking in any detail about specific cases I have experienced, so instead I'll discuss some of the reasons students commit plagiarism: - Bill Savage [Library Planet] I love this quote: If you can somehow dredge up the energy to think ahead, keep in mind that if I spend one fraction of a minute doing a Google search using a few key terms or phrases from such a paper, your lazy ass is history. 11:14:40 PM     I wish I could attend this! But it's not going to happen... Revenge of the Blog A conference dealing with "law and blawgs" and "blogs and journalism", on November 22nd at Yale University. Starring, two of my favorites, Jenny Levine and Denise Howell. [Library Stuff] 11:12:18 PM     Increased need for librarians to navigate the info glut "Net Has Boosted Need for Librarians" From the article, "Yes, the Internet is a wonderful, powerful resource but there are millions of pages on the World Wide Web," said Julie Walker, executive director of the American Association of School Librarians. "Even a sophisticated searcher might have trouble finding exactly what they need, much less a a child just starting out in the search process." [Virtual Acquisition Desk] 11:10:03 PM

© Copyright 2003 Morgan Wilson. Last update: 5/14/03; 12:10:50 AM.