[Asis-l] Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog Via E-Mail

Thu Sep 25 16:38:43 EDT 2003

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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog

September 22, 2003

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Next Weblog update on 9/29/03.

Berlind, David. "The Patent Fight That Could Disrupt the
Internet [1]." ZDNet Australia, 16 September 2003: A
successful suit by Eolas Technologies puts the future of Web
browser plug-ins in question.

Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large [2] 3, no. 12 [3]
(2003): Walt Crawford continues his incisive commentary on
current issues, new articles worth reading, and other
topics. Highly recommended.

D-Lib Magazine 9, no. 9 [4] (2003): Includes "The Digital
Preservation of e-Prints [5]," "Generation of XML Records
Across Multiple Metadata Standards [6]," "The Intellectual
Property Rights Issues Facing Self-Archiving [7]," and
other articles.

Digital and Preservation Dispatch, 15 September 2003 [8]:
E-newsletter about digitization and preservation issues from
the OCLC Digitization & Preservation Online Resource Center.

FreePint, 18 September 2003 [9]: Includes "Tips on
Negotiating Licences for Electronic Products [10]" and
other articles.

Gross, Grant. "Congress Scrutinizes RIAA Tactics [11]."
PCWorld.com, 17 September 2003: Discusses the Consumers,
Schools, and Libraries Digital Rights Management Act of
2003.

LaMonica, Martin. "Debating Digital Media's Future [12]."
CNET News.com, 18 September 2003: Summarizes events at the
Berkman Center for Internet & Society's Digital Media in
Cyberspace conference.

Libraries: How They Stack Up [13]: OCLC report "provides a
snapshot of the economic impact of libraries."

"National Library of the Netherlands and BioMed Central
Agree to Open Access Archive [14]": BioMed Central press
release says that the Koninklijke Bibliotheek: "will act as
an official archival agent for BioMed Central."

OCLC Systems & Services [15] 19, no. 3 (2003): Includes
"Digital Library Development in Brazil," "Institutional
Repositories: The Library's New Role," "'NOF-Digi': Putting
UK Culture Online," "A Pioneering Spirit: Using
Administrative Metadata to Manage Electronic Resources," and
other articles.

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Copyright © 2003 by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.

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[1] http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000048590,20278616,00.htm
[2] http://cites.boisestate.edu/
[3] http://cites.boisestate.edu/civ3i12.pdf
[4] http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/09contents.html
[5] http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/pinfield/09pinfield.html
[6] http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/lightle/09lightle.html
[7] http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/gadd/09gadd.html
[8] http://digitalcooperative.oclc.org/dispatch/15sept2003.html
[9] http://www.freepint.com/issues/180903.htm?FreePint_Session=cb8f500851f0a8dc010740e4d5163c29#issue
[10] http://www.freepint.com/issues/180903.htm?FreePint_Session=cb8f500851f0a8dc010740e4d5163c29#tips
[11] http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112535,00.asp
[12] http://news.com.com/2100-1025-5079007.html
[13] http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/librariesstackup.pdf
[14] http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/pr-releases?pr=20030917
[15] http://lucia.emeraldinsight.com/vl=10106990/cl=30/nw=1/rpsv/oclc.htm

Best Regards,
Charles

Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library
Planning and Development, University of Houston,
Library Administration, 114 University Libraries,
Houston, TX 77204-2000.  E-mail: cbailey at uh.edu.
Voice: (713) 743-9804.  Fax: (713) 743-9811.
http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/bailey.htm