Thursday, August 22, 2002

"'Giving USA Update' Reveals Itemized Contributions Rose 6 Percent in 2000 Americans who itemized contributions on their federal income taxes reported giving an average of $3,636 per tax return in 2000." [Foundation Center] [Welcome to NPOToday.com - Presented by Changing Our World, Inc.] As libraries, we keep track of how much funding comes from taxpayers or are parent institution.  But how much of library funding comes from community partnerships or private contributions? 4:01:31 PM

Another commentary on the European Copyright Directive: "European Copyright Directive. From Andrew Orlowski in London: The UK's take on the "European DMCA" - the European Copyright Directive - will make..." [Blogcritics] Blogcritics is a new searchable blog site that provides reviews of news events, music, and books. 3:50:16 PM

9/11 Commemoration: - "In commemoration of the one year anniversary of .... - "In commemoration of the one year anniversary of 9/11, I am collecting thoughts from librarians around the world. If you would like participate, use the contact form to send your comments, thoughts, feelings, personal anecdotes, etc. I will be publishing all of them on 9/11." [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen] What a nice idea! 2:14:35 PM

Water and books: It's been a rainy day in Chicago with some flash floods warnings.  More rain is in the forecast.  In the event of preparedness, here's some resources that will help you should disaster strike: Electronic discussion lists: CONSDIST@LINDY.STANFORD.EDU  Conservation DistList - Conservation of Archive, Library, and Museum Materials EXLIBRIS@LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU  Rare Books and Special Collections On the web:   Library HQ’s Disaster Planning & Recovery      NEWS LIBRARIES: PRESERVATION AND DISASTER CONTROL SLA's Disaster Planning Portal 2:03:41 PM

Privacy and political candidates:   The Mercury News ran a op-ed piece, entitled “Internet can level the political playing field”.  But this opinion piece is really about how it is okay for political candidates to spam potential voters.  The Privacy Digest has commented on it at length.   1:46:33 PM

iGive supports charities: iGive is a e-mall that gives a percentage of the proceeds from web sales made through the mall to charities registered with the mall.  CLS has been a registered charity with iGive since March 2000. 1:28:14 PM

Copyright Talk from the Guru: "Lawrence Lessig. Now has his own weblog." [Privacy Digest] Lawrence Lessig recently wrote a book on copyright entitled The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World.   He is also highly involved in the Creative Commons project, which allows content creators to identify their works with the varying levels of copyright protection in such a way that makes them easily sharable by others. 12:07:01 PM

On Moving to Wireless: No 'Wows' Over Starbucks Wireless. Starbucks plans to offer high-speed wireless Internet service in 70 percent of its 5,200 coffee shops worldwide. What effect will this have on independent cafes? By Elisa Batista. [Wired News] It's increasingly becoming a wireless world.  Is your library ready?  Bill Drew's site The Wireless Librarian can help your library get there. 11:43:46 AM

A movement towards paperless libraries?: The Bookless Library, Continued [LISNews.com] We'll see more news items like the one above and this one that was in Wired a few weeks ago about the West Des Moines campus of the Des Moines Area Community College move to a paperless campus and library.  Looks like a trend to watch. 10:52:08 AM

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