Open Access : IFLA Backs Open Access Movement. Professional Reading Shelf
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Open Access
Source: International Federation of Library Associations
International Library Organization Declares Support for Open Access
From the announcement, "Welcoming the IFLA statement, President-elect Alex Byrne noted IFLA's long commitment to open access to information, especially its concern for access to scholarly literature in the developing world. He said: 'IFLA recognises that achieving affordable, global access to scholarly information and research documentation will require a great deal of commitment and a variety of strategies. IFLA strongly supports the Open Access movement and welcomes the launch of many OA compliant publications. IFLA also acknowledges the need to address the challenge on a number of fronts and in partnership with many stakeholders.'
See Also: Full Text, IFLA Statement, "Open access to Scholarly Literature and Research documentation"

on a related note...

American Association of Publishers Publicly Releases Position Paper: "Copyright and Public Access to Federally-Funded Scientific Research: The Erroneous Premise of Open-Access Advocates and H.R. 2613
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Weblogs : The Beginners Guide to Weblogs and RSS.

I will be facilitating an online workshop on weblogs and RSS for Learning Times, the company that put together the successful Online Library Conference late last year. The workshop will consist of four one-hour online sessions on consecutive Tuesdays in April. The description is as follows:

"This hands-on training will explore a few of the numerous software tools that are currently being used to both publish to weblogs as well as read content via RSS. During this online workshop, the attendees will have the opportunity to post/publish to a weblog, explore the features available with the software, as well as examine content via a news aggregator. A introductory discussion of weblogs and RSS will be undertaken before participants dive into the training. If you have ever thought about creating your own weblog or utilizing an aggregator to read news but have been a bit skeptical then this training session is for you. This workshop will be a hands-on exploration of the use of weblogs and RSS primarily for professional goals. While, anyone is welcome to attend, the workshop will be taught in the context of how this can benefit the information professional and librarian. Please come with your enthusiasm, ideas, and questions. Because the workshop is online, participants can work for any Internet ready computer."

I hope to see some of you there. [Library Stuff]

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