What is Copyright Law? The copyright law of 1976 is a very important law in the United States that governs the unauthorized copying of another author’s work. This law prevents the illegal copying of another person’s work during the author’s lifetime, and for certain number of years after his death. After the copyright expires, the [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Post#3: Copyright Law
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Post#4: Dutch Librarians Tour
Posted in Dutch Tour, Uncategorized on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday October 20th, Dominican University had a visit from a group of Dutch librarians who visited our class. They are from the DOK library, whose mission is to be the most modern library in the world. They think to get this status they need to have excellent communication with their patrons. Thanks to [...]
Web Page Review
Posted in Web Reviews on October 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As a librarian at the Rebecca Crown Library at Dominican University, who has been appointed to the committee on the library website, my first step was to do some research on other library web sites. The two websites that I liked and which gave me ideas for making recommendations are the Columbia College Chicago at [...]
Web 2.0 Tool Review-Instant Messaging with Meebo
Posted in Web Reviews on October 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I am currently working in a public library in the Chicago area. The local area libraries are all vying with each other to offer some of the Web 2.0 tools such as Blogs, MySpace etc. One such useful service that a library can offer is Instant messaging(IM) to its patrons. IM can be offered through [...]
