The Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) filed a
complaint against New York’s Library Hotel for trademark infringement in September
over its use of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. The two entities have
settled. The Library Hotel can continue to use Dewey, provided they
acknowledge that OCLC owns the trademark. They will also donate money to [...]
Boston College is trying to tie more control over the independent student newspaper, The Heights, into a leasing agreement. Among the things the Jesuit college would like are a faculty advisory board at the weekly, the elimination of certain kinds of ads, and a code of ethics written by the administration. The paper [...]
I’ve been asked to write an article about RSS for some librarians. While I was mulling over what to cover in the article, it suddenly dawned me on that I could use my blog to solicit ideas, since many of you use RSS in one form or another–either by having a feed on your [...]