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Area 51 notes – Apr. 25, 2013

May 13, 2013 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Present:  Terry Simpkins, Mary Backus, and Doreen Bernier
Guests: Bryan Carson, Joe Antonioli, Carrie Macfarlane, Joy Pile

The Language School task force joined us to discuss their proposal for providing curricular technology support for this summer’s Language School programs. More →

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Friday Links – May 10

May 10, 2013 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest

An interesting visual representation of 105 of the most common metadata standards. More →

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Friday Links – May 3

May 3, 2013 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest
Makes you want to be an archivist!
How long can you work on making a routine task more efficient before you’re spending more time than you save? http://xkcd.com/1205/

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Friday Links – April 12, 2013

April 12, 2013 by
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AD 51 meeting notes – April 4, 2013

April 9, 2013 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Present:  Mary Backus, Mike Roy, Terry Simpkins, Carol Peddie, Chris Norris, Doreen Bernier; Wendy Shook (guest)

Wendy Shook joined us to discuss the draft Data Management Policy she is in the process of preparing. More →

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Area 51 notes, Mar. 21 21, 2013

April 4, 2013 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Present:  Mike Roy, Carol Peddie, Terry Simpkins, Chris Norris,  Mary Backus and Doreen Bernier

The Area Directors provide Mike with weekly updates of activities happening within each areas. More →

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Area 51 notes, Feb. 14, 2013

March 22, 2013 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Present: Terry Simpkins, Mary Backus, Mike Roy and Doreen Bernier
Space Team Members: Joseph Watson, Peggy Fischel and Hans Raum

The Space Team joined us to present an update of their activities: More →

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Another copyright case, another victory for libraries

March 22, 2013 by
Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest

Last Tuesday, in the case of Kirtsaeng vs. John Wiley & Sons, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold the “first sale” doctrine for materials purchased from non-U.S. sources.  This ruling allows legal purchasers of copyrighted material from overseas to continue to subsequently resell, loan, rent, etc., copyrighted material.  More →

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