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Friday, 30th July 2004

ALA President-Elect on destruction of Department of Justice documents

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OCLC Worldcat now running on Oracle platform
From the announcement, "'This is an important step in our strategy to evolve WorldCat beyond bibliography into a globally networked, Web-based information resource that will also provide links to digital objects in other knowledge repositories,' said Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO. The switch from our own system to the licensed software approach enables us to develop new component applications based on open architectural models that provide improved interoperability within OCLC services and also with external services,' said Mr. Jordan. The new WorldCat platform will support additional standards such as the Dublin Core metadata standard, IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Unicode. WorldCat on the new platform allows for unlimited record sizes, and will enable users to access abstracts, full text, images and sound files as well as bibliographic and location information."
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Government Documents--United States
Source: ALA
Statement from ALA President-Elect Michael Gorman on the destruction of Department of Justice documents
From a statement by ALA President-Elect Michael Gorman, "ALA has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the withdrawn materials in order to obtain an official response from the Department of Justice regarding this unusual action, and why the Department has requested that documents that have been available to the public for as long as four years be removed from depository library collections. ALA is committed to ensuring that public documents remain available to the public and will do its best to bring about a satisfactory resolution of this matter." We have more about the story in this post from last Saturday.
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Music Libraries--Copyright
Source: Music Library Association
Copyright for Music Librarians
Comprehensive, regularly updated. Contains:
+ "FAQs - scenarios and guidance about general copyright provisions, reserves, preservation, performance rights, issues for composers and authors, and video in the library"
+ "Current Issues - information about pending legislation, news, and litigation and its impact on music libraries"
+ "Guidelines - full text of various guidelines relevant to music and education as adopted by professional organizations; including the Music Library Association's statements on the Copyright Law and Fair Use in Music and Digital Transmission of Electronic Reserves"
+ "Resources - selection of virtual and tangible copyright resources"
+ "About Us - who we are, why we provide this service, and a brief history of this website"
See also: The Music We Perform: An Overview of Royalties, Rentals and Rights (Major Orchestra Librarians' Association; PDF, 332 KB)

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