Credible Web, Archives, Book Scanning, and Wikipedia Ban in Library News & Notes
As always, Garrett has an amazing wealth of stuff in his weekly Library News & Notes. I couldn’t find a permalink for this week’s edition, though.
Here are some of the highlights. I myself don’t know where to begin reading.
- Credible Web? It’s where we click most: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0319/p17s01-stct.html
- Dusting Off the Archive for the Web: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/business/media/17mags.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
- For Scientists, a Beer Test Shows Results as a Litmus Test:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/science/18beer.html
(Source: PAMNET) - The Internet Archive Keeps Book-Scanning Free:
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2008/03/gallery_internet_archive
(Source: Open Access News)–I toured the Internet Archive’s book scanning operation at the Boston Public Library a few weeks ago. This article seems to be about a sister project. The equipment pictured is very similar to what I saw. (One day, maybe I’ll type up my notes …) - Physicists slam publishers over Wikipedia ban
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19726473.3001
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/jono/item/toc.html
(Source: LIBLICENSE-L)
