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  • Amoeba’s Vinyl Vault – A Sticky situation of copyright, licensing, and “orphan” works

    records, originally uploaded by mohawk. You know I can stop reading and writing about the music industry. It’s sort of insnae and a decent cautionary tale for other forms of publishing, like print and scholarly. It doesn’t hurt that I love records. One of my favourite ways to spend lunch is hanging out at Amoeba…

  • Make your message clear for all or don’t bother.

    Euston Square Underground station, originally uploaded by bowroaduk. Transportation signage is often pretty good because it has to be. People need to get from A to B without crashing or getting lost. Some agencies, like Transport for London and the New York MTA, have really made signage an art form. Here’s an old sign from…

  • Librarians as Faculty? It’s a Red Herring.

    Faculty, 1893, originally uploaded by Michigan State University Archives. The “academic librarians as faculty” debate has been swirling the internet this month. The discussion was renewed by the change in status of librarians at the University of Virginia and East Carolina University which was met with protests. There have been thoughtful responses on both sides…

  • Open Open Open

    Windows & doors, originally uploaded by okuna. All too often when people start talking about Open Data or Open Gov, I think of that old Mervyn’s commercial with the crazy woman saying “open open open”. (Well that sure as hell dates me.) This Monday night, March 25th 2013, there’s going to be an OKFN meetup…

  • SLA World Football Caucus? Get in there.

    Sheffield Wednesday v Santos. 1972, originally uploaded by The Wednesday. Anybody who knows me (or at least glances at this blog or my Twitter account) knows how much I love football. Or soccer. Or whatever you want to call it. Outside of improving access to transportation information and libraries, and collecting Billy Childish records (like…