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My FOI request to the BL on DRMâed InterLibraryLoans
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| I am writing under FOI to request
| documentary evidence for the motivation
| and governance processes for your
| introduction of Digital Rights Management
| (DRM) technology into the delivery of
| InterLibraryLoans (ILLs) for journals and
| journal articles in electronic form (e-
| ILL). The scope of the request is strictly
| limited to journal articles (âarticlesâ)
| and not e-Books or other media (e.g.
| films). In all replies I request specific
| documentary evidence rather than general
| principles. Reference material is
| appended.
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http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/blogs/murrayrust/?p=2433
Bibliographica, an Introduction
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| Itâs time to talk a bit about
| Bibliographica, a new project of the Open
| Knowledge Foundation.
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http://blog.okfn.org/2010/05/20/bibliographica-an-introduction/
Proteomics: a community racing towards Open Data
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| Hereâs an excellent example of a community
| that is racing towards mandating data
| deposition as part of publication.
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http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/blogs/murrayrust/?p=2431
Russian president orders all World War II archives to be on Internet by 2013
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| Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has
| ordered the Defense Ministry to publish
| all of Russia's World War II archives on
| the Internet by 2013, RIA Novosti reports.
|
| The material will be published on the
| "People's Heroic Deeds" Web site, which is
| available in Russian and English here. The
| declassification project began in 2007.
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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/05/russian-president-orders-all-world-war-ii-archives-to-be-on-internet-by-2013/1
How to open up local data: notes from Warwickshire council
http://blog.okfn.org/2010/05/25/how-to-open-up-local-data-notes-from-warwickshire-council/
Hats Off to the Florida Open Textbook Leaders â #2
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| Thereâs alot going on in Florida when it
| comes to Open Textbooks. My first Florida
| Hats Off post covered some and I offer a
| few more here.
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http://collegeopentextbooks.org/blog/?p=386
Cut high textbook costs
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| I see the high costs for textbooks and
| wonder why. What about open-source e-
| textbooks? Set up an online community that
| can develop e-textbooks.
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http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/05/cut-high-textbo.html
Open education vs. Texas Board of Education
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| The best way to get around this would
| either be some coordination between states
| in order to increase their leverage
| against the publishers, or for more states
| to begin opting out of the for-profit
| textbook industry altogether and moving
| toward an open-source curriculum / open-
| source textbook model.
|
| Indeed, even in Texas the open-source
| textbook movement may prove to be a bit of
| a thorn in the Board of Educationâs side.
| Of course, open-source has its share of
| problems also, and if implemented badly
| these could be just as worrisome as
| anything the Texas reformists are doing.
| But done properly, open-source can connect
| education communities nationally without a
| national mandate; they can save states
| lots of money to spend on things like
| teachers and school supplies; and they can
| get around bad education reforms like
| those passed in Texas. Furthermore, open-
| source can combine the best parts of local
| autonomy and the best parts of national
| connectivity, and the material will
| constantly evolving to meet the needs of
| modern students and educators.
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http://trueslant.com/erikkain/2010/05/24/open-education-vs-texas-board-of-education/
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