A short piece on outreach at the undergraduate level from today’s NYT:
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I’ve been recently reading about copyright law as applicable to libraries and archives. My interest in this was partially sparked by a recent patron request for original drafts of materials that may or may not have been published prior to 1923 (still researching on that point). Under the 1976 US Copyright Act,the “fair use”[...] Over the past weekend,I had a fantastic time at the Texas Book Festival in Austin. Some highlights of the festival part of the weekend included sitting in more than a few author talks,having some new books signed,and making a huge list of books to check out once I’ve finished the current pile. [...] I always love to find out what other people are reading,and I found it especially interesting to see how many Nobel Prize winners attribute their early influences to libraries. I feel like the ALA or a literacy group should try to team up with them for some sort of publicity campaign. It’s Banned Book Week again,and I wanted to say something about that. Actually,Jessamyn West said it better,so here it is: Banning books is bad. Challenging books is an exercise in free speech and a totally appropriate way of giving community feedback on library selection policies. Lumping challenged and banned books together confuses [...] |
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