Archive for January, 2011

A Digital Library Guru Discusses New Rules on Sharing Scientific Data – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Background on NSF rules on ensuring preservation of and access to scientific data. 

Information Today, Inc. Industry Events

Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Best of the conference calendars – has the two I'm working on, Personal Digital Archiving, and Screening the Future. 

Conservative tech policy goal: ramp up IP enforcement

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

About as wrong as it is possible to be about intellectual property.

Comite des Sages report

Monday, January 10th, 2011

The report of the Comite des Sages on bringing Europe's cultural heritage online is out, with some interesting data about digitisation, and recommendations about What is to be Done. 

Cyberspace When You’re Dead – NYTimes.com

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Nice forward from Kaliya Hamlin, mostly on consumer services to preserve digital legacies. 

For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas – NYTimes.com

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

Nice piece on the demise of Kodachrome.  Visit For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas – NYTimes.com

Online Video and the Future of Broadcasting