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kmccook writes “‘Big business wins,’ she said. ‘It always does, you know.’

Tampa Tribune. January 27, 2005.”

infodiva writes “From the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot:
The Norfolk public libraries place about 450 books on the shelves every month–all donated by the local U.S. Postal Service. This type of program sounds like a great resource for Hampton Roads public libraries.”

Anonymous Patron writes “CanalPDA.com Has a Neat List on ebooks. Electronic books have many benefits, including convience, size, and extras, but they’re expensive, all in English, rare, and too personal.”

Anonymous Patron writes “From the Library of Congress • Copyright Office:
Many educators and librarians ask about the fair use
and photocopying provisions of the copyright law. The
Copyright Office cannot give legal advice or offer opinions
on what is permitted or prohibited. However, They have
published in this circular[PDF] basic information on some of the
most important legislative provisions and other documents
dealing with reproduction by librarians and educators.”

http://search-engines-web.com/ writes

“Search supremo Google has been inviting UK internet users who tamper with their ‘secure’ products and programs to visit the company’s HQ to try out for a job.

A series of candidates have been called to Mountain View in California, after they tried illegally to tweak Google products or hack the search site for company secrets.
The phenomena, dubbed ‘Google Hacking’ is now so prevalent that stand-alone sites have been set up to display already exposed secrets, so hackers can’t claim someone else’s discovery as their own.”

Read all about it here and here.

http://search-engines-web.com/ submits a number of articles on high school and collegiate plagiarizing.

From the Daily News Tribune,

“With a slew of Web sites peddling pre-written term papers to students in high school and college, the Internet is dragging the ages-old practice of plagiarism into the 21st century.”

The Seattle Times, and The Eastern Echo also weigh in, along withTurnitin.

http://search-engines-web.com/ writes

TechWeb and CCNews report “Microsoft and the Smithsonian said Tuesday that they’d struck a deal where the national museum’s Folkways Recordings — a catalog of some 35,000 historic songs and speeches — will be available for sale and downloading from the MSN Music online store.
The new Smithsonian section of MSN Music offers up tunes from the likes of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Big Bill Broonzy, and non-musical tracks from such luminaries as Martin Luther King, Jr. and FDR.”

Colleen Williams writes “Lesko Loves Libraries has been added to GrantsList.

It is worthwhile for school librarians to browse past posts at “grantslist” since many are repeated on an annual basis. As time permits, high school contests (that benefit school and student) and fundraising ideas are linked.”

Durst writes “From The TimesHerald is a story of typical budgetary woes at the St. Clair County Library system.

A transfer from a savings account likely will make up the first $140,000 of the $282,000 the St. Clair County Library System board needs to balance its 2005 books.”

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