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Identifying U.S.Government Works 26 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
In reply to Tauberer et al publish best practices for making government data "license-free": Applying the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) Public Dedication to U.S. Government information does nothing to ...
always looking for lockss-usdocs partners 14 Aug 2013 | 07:45 am
In reply to Why we need digital deposit: Thanks Jim (and David Rosenthal) for the reminder about why collecting govt information is so important, *especially* digital content that is so easily change...
Money and Expectations 3 Jul 2013 | 09:51 pm
In reply to Who Pays for Access and Preservation?: Thanks for this comment, Bonnie. I realized a long time ago that in a hierarchical, bureaucratic organization different levels of the hierarchy hav...
It’s always about the money. 3 Jul 2013 | 09:08 pm
In reply to Who Pays for Access and Preservation?: Managing information requires recognition of its value and the expectation of a measurable return on investment. Often the managers responsible for ...
We want the glass completely full 26 Jun 2013 | 08:50 am
In reply to Wait! Don't Digitize and Discard! A White Paper on ALA COL Discussion Issue #1a: [Editor's note: we posted the following response to Stephen Woods on Govdoc-L and copying it here for the ...
"Destructive scanning" from the perspective of "half-full" 25 Jun 2013 | 08:30 pm
In reply to Wait! Don't Digitize and Discard! A White Paper on ALA COL Discussion Issue #1a: For the most part, I agree with most of the points that were made in your white paper particularly those s...
Wait! Don't Digitize and Discard 25 Jun 2013 | 12:41 am
In reply to Wait! Don't Digitize and Discard! A White Paper on ALA COL Discussion Issue #1a: "Until and unless we can guarantee that our digital copies are 100% accurate and complete...." Amen. We c...
"no paywall" -- Canadiana.ca 13 Jun 2013 | 07:25 am
In reply to Canada set to privatize public documents, papers, and data for 10 years: Here is more information on this topic, from the organization working with LAC to digitize part of its collection:...
another good Cliff quote 3 Jun 2013 | 10:05 pm
In reply to Clifford Lynch on the promises and failures of e-books: Cliff doesn't hold back :-) Sadly, ebooks have not only failed to deliver on much of their promise, they have become a vast lost o...
PB cookie recipe 26 May 2013 | 11:01 pm
In reply to reduce, reuse, and recycle... food: I am so thankful! I have always loved this recipe and have been searching for days amongst my recipe clippings scattered about! I think these will do i...
