Thursday, August 22, 2002

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

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

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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