An NPR-style Weblog Foundation?
That is what Jeff Jarvis at Buzzmachine.com has in mind. If the money can be found, why not? Great idea.
Friend-of-the-court brief supporting Eldred in copyright extension case
The Internet Archive, the Prelinger Archives and Project Gutenberg are submitting a friend-of-the-court brief in the Eldred-vs.-Ashcroft fight over copyright extension.Via a Word document on the Archive site, here's just...
RSS feed of TeleBlog now available–so our headlines can pop up on your site...
This TeleBlog is now available via RSS, thanks to the encouragement of Steven Cohen at Library Stuff. See our RSS address in our left column. For those who don't know,...
Linkback
Link to Disenchanted and some other sites on the Net, and they might display the address of your Web site--automatically. Check out Jon Udell's recent observations on the trend. You...
Quote, Unquote: Marylaine Block on digital access and preservation
Marylaine Block, a library consultant, trainer and writer, runs the highly readable Ex Libris site, an e-zine that I'll call a blog even though it's actually much more. I have...
Yahoo and TeleRead
Like Stewart Alsop, I love Yahoo and use My Yahoo as a start-up page. By far this is the ultimate customized newspaper and much more, despite some interesting new alternatives...
Virginia vs. Hollywood tyranny
Congratulations to Congressman Rick Boucher for his plans to introduce legislation to reverse one of the more loathsome aspects of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Under the DCMA, you can't...
Boston Globe columnist on e-books and handhelds
"Contrary to the fears of paper-loving bibliophiles, handheld computers are an excellent format for straight-ahead leisure reading. All it takes is some basic e-book software--one very good reader, CSpotRun,...
Creative Commons: What it could mean to schools and libraries
Earlier this TeleBlog discussed Creative Commons--a way for artists, writers, musicians and others to share material and promote themselves without permissions nightmares or onerous fees to frighten off each other...
Your personal library home page, TeleRead style
Just back from the home page of the library system in Fairfax County, VA, the one whose collection I use far more often than Alexandria's because the county's is both...