We're Disrupted, We're Librarians, and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore
Welcome to the Disruptive Library Technology Jester. From here you can browse the musings and visions of a library technologist as he walks the fine line between the best of the library profession on one side and the best of technology on the other.
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This is a preview of Thursday Threads: Infinite Virtual Bookshelf, Free Learning Management System, List of Cyber Threats. Read the full post (799 words, 3:12 minutes estimated reading time)
I’m in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the Access 2011 meeting which starts tomorrow. Coming across from the eastern timezone I had to come a day early, so — being a self-confessed library nerd — I checked out the Vancouver Public Library. I’m impressed with not only the physical structure but also the obvious degree of community engagement. The Central Library was very busy on a Tuesday afternoon, and first impressions are that it is beloved by its patrons. Included below are some pictures and some notes; some of the pictures have annotations — you can mouse over the boxes to see them. You can also click on the pictures to go to larger versions on Flickr.
This is a preview of A Walk Through the Vancouver Public Library. Read the full post (986 words, 9 images, 3:57 minutes estimated reading time)
The title of this post was updated (replacing “Display” with “Performance”) a day after it was originally published. See the update at the bottom of the post for more details.
Last week a federal district court in California decided in favor of the University of California defendants in a lawsuit brought by Ambrose Video Publishing (AVP) and the Association for Information Media and Equipment (AIME). A majority of the decision hinged around whether the plaintiffs had “standing” to bring the suit, and commentary by Kevin Smith and ARL go into more detail about that. The bit that I found interesting was reasoning by the judge that equated “public performance” rights with “streaming.” Far down in the judge’s decision was this line of reasoning:
This is a preview of AIME v UCal Decision Says Streaming Equivalent to Public Performance. Read the full post (1171 words, 1 image, 4:41 minutes estimated reading time)
This is a preview of Thursday Threads: Disruptive Innovation and the Amazon Kindle Fire. Read the full post (957 words, 3:50 minutes estimated reading time)
The title of this post was updated (replacing “Display” with “Performance”) a day after it was originally published. See the update at the bottom of the post for more details.