DO NOT DELETE: Information Today
Note: Portions of this article were published previously as Dames, K. M. (2012, July-August). The coming copyright clash in higher education. Information Today, 29(7), … Continue reading
The Coming Copyright Clash in Higher Education
Higher education finds itself in the crosshairs of American society, and the primary focus is on the debt graduates are incurring in exchange for a college degree. There was once a time where this inspection and scrutiny was reserved for the “other” part of higher education: for-profit colleges … Continue reading
HathiTrust Decision Summary
In September 2011, the Authors Guild, various international authors' rights organizations and one dozen individual authors sued HathiTrust, Cornell, and the presidents of the universities of Michigan, California, Wisconsin and Indiana, claiming that HathiTrust's online storage, searchability and … Continue reading
Information Policy and The Red Herring of a Media-Tech Industry War
In an article published earlier this year, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor Sandra Braman defined “information policy” as positions and practices that concern the creation, processing, flows, access and use of information. The term certainly includes content, much of which is subject … Continue reading
Occupy Copyright
"I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!" -- Howard Beale, Network (1976)
2011 will be known as the year of the occupation, with Occupy Wall Street being the most recognizable of the protest movements. Started in … Continue reading
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