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The Association of American University Presses sent a letter to Google’s lawyers questioning whether Google Print violates copyright law.

“I want you to join LJ so you can start reading some of my locked posts.” “Maybe I don’t want to read your locked posts.”* Perhaps some of you working on or considering using LiveJournal will be interested in the notes from last Thursday’s blog meeting. Josh Ain, of Frassle fame, gave a detailed overview [...]

I remembered late Friday I needed to complete and return my nomination form for Who’s Who in America by Monday. Even though typing was a bit painful, I managed to cut and paste most of what they wanted from my resume into their online form and submit it yesterday. It reminded me a bit of [...]

"Ford gave up the attempt to sleep. In the corner of his cabin was a small computer screen and keyboard. He sat at it for a while and tried to compose a new entry for [Wikipedia] on the subject of Vogons but couldn’t think of anything vitriolic enough so he gve that up too, wrapped [...]

During my commute home yesterday, I finished reading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Somehow, I managed to graduate high school without reading it, though I think everyone else in my social circle did. One of the predominant themes of the book–as you probably know since I’m like the last native English speaker who hasn’t [...]

The editor of a Somerville, Massachusetts, newspaper explains the importance of returning library books on time and the extra costs libraries pay when customers keep books late.

The Dowbrigade reports on a wifi summit in Boston on Friday, May 20.

Information Week examines Google, Yahoo!, and Ask Jeeves and reports what they find. It reinforces that the search engines don’t always overlap, so it’s a good idea to try several. from Garrett’s **fabulous** Library News & Notes

Completing the 2005 SLA Salary Survey took me about fifteen minutes. The data is used to compile a guide many of our colleagues use as a tool to set compensation and negotiate for better pay and benefits. If you are an SLA member, please complete the survey. My rant from last year still holds. SLA [...]

I think that’s so cool! (For those of you joining us late in the program, she’s been reading the scratchpad for about 1 1/2 years and has been a frequent commenter and huge supporter the entire time. She’s been toying around with the idea of blogging herself, so I was thrilled to see her name [...]