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I had to laugh when I noticed Vernica and I were mentioned on Library Stuff in consecutive entries.

The American Library Association Washington Office is asking for feedback regarding orphaned works and their status under copyright law.
"The library community will be filing comments with the U.S. Copyright Office in support of a proposal to change copyright law to address issues surrounding orphan works. Orphan works are those copyrighted works whose owners are difficult [...]

So this is what sj was talking about.

We’ve had a meme about blog policies going in the blog group for a few weeks now. Bill Ives points to this one by Tom Reynolds. Focusing on how to blog and keep your job, it includes some great rules.

On LLRX.com, Dennis Hamilton examines the differences between internal and external weblogs.

After discovering he’s having a difficult time keeping up with his e-mail, Steven Cohen of Library Stuff publishes his contact information and suggests people use alternative methods of contacting him, like telephone, instant messaging, and Skype.
I’ll be curious to know how well encouraging others to use alternate methods works for him. I feel like if [...]

Jane Dysart would like to hear from you.
I plan to blog the few days I will be there in this space and on NewsliBlog. I’ll drop her a line.
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