Tuesday, July 01, 2003

Will Microsoft control our information access? Digital Restrictions Management Technology (DRM) is perceived by most people as relating mostly to music and video. It is important to note that other formats, such as eBooks, are currently using DRM to restrict both access and fair use privileges. I am going to paint a fairly scary picture of how this technology might easily expand to cover all formats and all electronic information, and how it might do so with the blessing of John Q. Public. [read the rest of the story] 8:25:35 PM    comment [] New Articles at LIScareer.com These articles have just been published at LIScareer.com: Hall, Leigh. "Managing at Home: the Librarian as Working Parent" (Jul 2003) Osterloh, Cassandra. "Your First Year on the Job: Five Tips for New Librarians" (Jul 2003) Shontz, Priscilla. "A Librarian without a Library: Staying Professionally Active While Unemployed" (Jun 2003) If you would like to write for LIScareer.com, please see the author guidelines and contact Priscilla. 6:29:23 PM    comment [] Librarians Book Club for July The choices this month for the Librarians Book Club are: The Accidental Systems Librarian by Rachel Gordon Singer Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World by Nancy and Lawrence Goldstone [Catalogablog] 5:49:15 PM    comment [] Info Career Trends: Latest Issue is Available   The latest issue of Info Career Trends is now available. The topic is "Paths to Librarianship". 5:25:34 PM    comment []

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