Tag: American Library Association

  • Thursday’s Musing: The Value of Perception, the Librarian and the Library Space

    (photo (c) 2009 Dorli Photography, available here)   As collections are becoming more electronic, the value of the library space is becoming increasingly questioned. A trend among articles written by non-librarians is to link the edifice with the profession: the librarian works in a library, technology is making libraries obsolete, therefore librarians will also become…

  • News & Reactions: The Future of Google Books Post-Fair Use

    News & Reactions: The Future of Google Books Post-Fair Use

    On Thursday, November 14th, Google Inc. won a major court battle regarding its Google Books project. The federal district court in New York City ruled the Google Book project falls under the protection of fair use. Google, through collaborations with research libraries across the country, has digitized over twenty million books, making large portions of…