ARL has published a new brochure, Know Your Copy Rights: What You Can Do, aimed at faculty and teaching assistants. The brochure is available for download in PDF or for purchase in print copies. A one-page chart, “What you can do,” is also available to download or purchase in print. The web site lists several …Read more »

Michigan librarian Anne Marie Casey, associate dean of libraries at Central Michigan University, has been named the 2007 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries Distance Learning Section Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award. This annual award honors an ACRL member working in the field of, or contributing to the success …Read more »

At yesterday’s R U A nOOB: Bridging the Gap Between Boomers and Gamers program, we used the following quiz to see where audience members fell as Library Boomers, Gamers, or “in the Gap.” Boomer/Gamer Library Quotient Test 1. Give yourself a point if you can remember working in a library (or visiting a library as …Read more »

You’re Invited to a Virtual Party in Second Life! When: Tuesday, February 20, 12 noon – 1:00 p.m. EST Where: The Michigan Library Consortium (MLC) virtual building, Cybrary City, Second Life (212,198,24) Why: On February 20, the Library of Michigan will launch a new and improved Michigan eLibrary gateway, “MeL ReMix.” To celebrate MeL’s new …Read more »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ&NR Documentary filmmaking at its finest – enjoy!

A new library blog, Designing Better Libraries, has just been launched.  Created in response to the multitude of library-related blogs devoted to pointing out the problems with libraries and librarianship, DBL hopes to address the recognized problems with solutions to improve our profession and libraries.  DBL’s plan is to adapt “new ways of thinking and …Read more »

Electronic Information For Libraries, eIFL-IP Advocacy for Access to Information, has released a new Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues for Libraries on their web site in html and downloadable PDF. The Handbook is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license. Sponsored by UNESCO, the handbook is a practical guide to topical legal questions …Read more »

The History Channel is offering grants to libraries and other organizations for Save Our History projects.  The grant program application states: “The key to a Save Our History grant project is a partnership between a history organization, museum, historical society, preservation organization, archive, library, or a government agency and a school district, a coalition of …Read more »

Check out these two contrasting views posted on blogs today about libraries in Second Life: Stephen Abrams’ “Rev up your avatars – future libraries’ third presence in Second Life” The Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette, “Second Life, Joining” [And in the same vein, see also: “Get a First Life.”] Where do you fall in the Second …Read more »

Click here to see the Web 2.0 video on YouTube that has been making the rounds on library blogs this week. The video, Web 2.0 … the Machine is Us/ing Us, highlights the idea of the web linking people – sharing, trading, and collaborating. Library 2.0 brings those concepts to libraries – community, collaboration, and …Read more »