Interior of a bookshop in 1815 This week, COMMUNIA released a new report detailing unfair practices in the licensing of digital resources to libraries (as a PDF file). This report describes contractual practices identified by licensing managers from public and academic libraries across Europe during a meeting organised by COMMUNIA under the Chatham House Rule. … Read more
Chris Downer / Wimborne Minster: later books in the chained library / CC BY-SA 2.0 This two-part blog looks at the provisions that exist in library laws across European countries concerning the building of collections and what libraries can do with them. It then assesses how far the achievement of these mandated functions is frustrated … Read more
Chris Downer / Wimborne Minster: later books in the chained library / CC BY-SA 2.0 This two-part blog looks at the provisions that exist in library laws across European countries concerning the building of collections and what libraries can do with them. It then assesses how far the achievement of these mandated functions is frustrated … Read more
The Door County Bookmobile. Submitted. Door County Libraries are celebrating National Library Week, April 6-12. The Baileys Harbor, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove and Sturgeon Bay branches will be giving away free coloring books all week long during open hours. The coloring books feature all eight Door County Library locations. On April 8, 10 am – 1 … Read more
Getty Pictures Microsoft has up to date a key cryptographic library with two new encryption algorithms designed to face up to assaults from quantum computer systems. The updates had been made final week to SymCrypt, a core cryptographic code library for handing cryptographic capabilities in Home windows and Linux. The library, began in 2006, gives … Read more