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Health LibrarianshipCARL E-Lert #413 - Friday February 25, 2011
Some of this week's items: Ottawa to force change in Internet fee ruling, Clement says; For digital bang, look to spectrum auction; Feds willing to meet 'morning and night' on copyright bill, blame opposition parties for delays; Home Internet May Get Even Faster in South Korea; Watson is just a super search engine
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CARL E-Lert #412 - Friday February 18, 2011
Some of this week's items: Building a new framework: vocational education for digital curators; Leader in library science named U of T's chief librarian; Online data management planning tool tames data and meets researchers' funding requirements; Trailblazing gene researcher returns to Canada; Mind vs. Machine
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert #411 - Friday February 11, 2011
Some of this week's items: 'OER university' to cut cost of degree; National Library of Finland Turns to Crowd sourcing, Games to Help Digitize Its Archives;
Conservatives say partisanship interfering in Bill C-32 hearings; Signature de l'accord cadre relatif à la numérisation et l'exploitation des livres indisponibles du XXème siècle
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CARL E-Lert #410 - Friday February 4, 2011
Some of this week's items: First Interim Evaluation Report from the British Library: "Growing Knowledge Shifts Perceptions of Digital Research Tools";
Wiley Launches New Program of Open Access Journals; Great News Regarding Crown Copyright and Licensing /Bonne nouvelle concernant le Droit d'auteur de la Couronne et octroi de licences; A Digital Library Guru Discusses New Rules on Sharing Scientific Data
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CARL E-Lert #409 - Friday January 28, 2011
Some of this week's items: Philip Pullman's call to defend libraries resounds around web; Access Copyright, universities remain at odds despite interim agreement; Nouveau Directeur Général à l'Asted; At ALA Midwinter, Brewster Kahle, Librarians Ponder The E-book Future; Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community;
E-Journals: Their Use, Value and Impact - Final Report
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert #408 - Friday January 21, 2011
Some of this week's items: World's largest medical student organization joins Right to Research Coalition; Google-like search site connects 60 million pages of Canadian history; Nomination de nouveaux membres du Groupe en éthique de la recherche/New Members Appointed to the Panel on Research Ethics; Ismail Serageldin to Receive Academy's Most Prestigious Award
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert #407 - Friday January 14, 2011
Some of this week's items: Publishing industry may be headed for another e-jolt; Internet 2010 in Numbers; Les Québécois sont invités à appuyer la numérisation du patrimoine culturel; Playing Catch-Up in a Digital Library Race; Universal Music Group Donates Over 200,000 Master Recordings to the Library of Congress; Brussels Wants 7-Year Limit on Works Digitized by Google
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert #406 - Friday January 7, 2011
Some of this week's items: The Rise of 'Convergence' Science; Copyright fees could force universities to embrace digital age; The year in tech law and policy;
CANARIE invites proposals to leverage network access and advance cutting-edge research
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert #405 - Friday December 17, 2010
Some of this week's items: In 500 Billion Words, New Window on Culture; New Plan Seeks a 'Big Tent' for a National Digital Library; Library and Archives Canada Announces Suite of Digital Services for Canadians by 2017; Bibliothèque et Archives Canada offrira toute une gamme de services numériques aux Canadiens d'ici 2017;
Robarts Library immortalized in hip-hop ode
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CARL E-Lert #404 - Friday December 10, 2010
Some of this week's items: Google veut être à la page; Professors may need more funding after census changes; Don't care about copyright? You should; Photocopied Education; Harvard Library Restructuring Seeks to Unify High-Tech Services; A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs of Reinflating
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CARL E-Lert #403 - Friday December 3, 2010
Some of this week's items: AUCC welcomes extension of Knowledge Infrastructure Program; Lynda Gadoury est nommée directrice générale du Service des bibliothèques à l'UQÀM; Google Set to Launch E-Book Venture; Online discovery portal provides unprecedented access to Canada's documentary heritage - Canadiana Discovery Portal; What The Diplomatic Cables Mean To Historians
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert #402 - Friday November 26, 2010
Some of this week's items: ACTA comes one step closer to existence; New Models for University Presses; Minister Clement Updates Canadians on Canada's Digital Economy Strategy; High-stakes copyright bill back before MPs; "Unprecedented opportunity for libraries and archives" - WIPO to work on library and archive copyright exceptions
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert #401 - Friday November 19, 2010
Some of this week's items: Accord entre Hachette et Google; Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities' Riches; Copyright bill: Go ahead, with changes;
Copyright fear mongering hits a new high
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert #400 - Friday November 12, 2010
Some of this week's items: Open Data, Open Minds Highlight SPARC Digital Repository Meeting; Bill C-32 Receives Support at Second Reading, Now to Committee for Review; Landmark work lands on auction block; Lessig Calls For WIPO To Lead Overhaul Of Copyright System; The Web Is Reborn
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CARL E-Lert # 399 - Friday November 5, 2010
Some of this week's items: UK copyright laws to be reviewed, announces Cameron; Digital copyright legislation opposed; Researchers launch hunt for endangered data; U.S. Says Genes Should Not Be Eligible for Patents; E-book restrictions leave libraries facing virtual lockout
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert # 398 - Friday October 29, 2010
Some of this week's items: University heads meet with Flaherty over budget concerns; The Conclusion of Open Access Week 2010; Le kidnapping de la science; The Internet is taking us from an industrial age to a new era; We should copyright the Canadian way; The World of Data We're Creating on the Internet
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert # 397 - Friday October 22, 2010
Some of this week's items: Open data comes to Ottawa; Gigabits on the brain: CANARIE's new 100-gigabit computer network can power startling new applications such as advanced brain-mapping; Vancouver Public Library appoints new head librarian; Canada Must Seek Innovation, Says Coalition; From e-books to no books: In the juggle of priorities on campus, books are falling off the shelf; Les tablettes ont le vent dans les voiles
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CARL E-Lert # 396 - Friday October 15, 2010
Some of this week's items: Tories' lack of net neutrality stance attacked; Creative Commons launches Public Domain Mark - Europeana and Cultural Heritage Institutions lead early adoption; French National Library to Open Archives to Microsoft Bing; Keeping Bits Safe: How Hard Can It Be?
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert # 395 - Friday October 8, 2010
Some of this week's items: Canadians must not remain silent on copyright reform bill; Can copyright bill survive with all its kinks?; A Call for Open Textbooks;
Historians Are Interested in Digital Scholarship but Lack Outlets; Canada must free scientists to talk to journalists
Categories: Health Librarianship
CARL E-Lert # 394 - Friday October 1, 2010
Some of this week's items: CARL Supports the AUCC in its Objection to the Proposed Access Copyright Post-Secondary Education Tariff 2011-2013; NRC-CISTI takes first steps to become data registration agency for Canada; Education ministers apply for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada; Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries
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