TURNING YOUR OWN PRINT BOOKS INTO E-BOOKS?

Turning your own print books into e-books – copyright infringement?

For more on the new invention that makes digitizing your own books possible, check out the latest updates to "In the News" on the library's Copyright subject page.

News stories, from an e-mail list created by Amy Mata at the Center for Intellectual Property (University of Maryland University College), are updated regularly.

LIBRARIES NEXT BIG POP CULTURE WAVE?

If you aren't aware that cupcakes are have been a hot trend in the confection market, I can only say that I'm sorry you've been missing out.

What is the relationship between cupcakes and libraries? We have NPR to thank for making that connection, and for its article of July 20 that describes with a mix of humor and earnestness the non-negotiable and steadfast value of libraries and librarians:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/07/20/128651136/why-the-next-big-pop-culture-wave-after-cupcakes-might-be-libraries

And if you're in Birmingham, check out Dreamcakes Cupcakes in Homewood--on your way home from one of the many excellent libraries in the Birmingham area (hint: http://www.jclc.org).

Financial Reform Bill Available on GPO’S Federal Digital System

Direct link to bill: H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Link to Federal Digital System (FDsys): www.fdsys.gov

AIDS.gov

"SOUTHERN SPACES" - - ONLINE JOURNAL

Southern Spaces is a peer-reviewed Internet publication and forum that "provides open access to essays, interviews and performances, events and conferences, gateways, timescapes, and annotated links about real and imagined spaces and places of the U.S. South." The journal is supported by the Robert W. Woodruff Library of Emory University.

MedlinePlus: High-Quality Medical/Health Information

Many Internet users utilize the Internet to search for medical and health information. If you're one of those people, you know that the resources you find in an Internet search can range from outright quackery to credible, well-documented information provided by reliable experts. And you've probably wished that there were a way to limit your search to just the reliable information. Well, there is, and it’s been around for years.

Next time you’re searching for medical information on the web, try MedlinePlus at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus . Medline gathers medical information from only the most reputable sources. The director of the National Libraries of Medicine states:

“MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 800 diseases and conditions. There are directories, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, easy-to-understand tutorials on common conditions, tests, and treatments, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily and can be bookmarked at the URL: medlineplus.gov. There is no advertising on this site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product.”

– Dr. Donald A. B. Lindberg
Source: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aboutmedlineplus.html

As always, if you have any questions about this resource, which is also linked from the University Library’s Medical and Health Sciences Page http://samford.libguides.com/health) we’ll be happy to assist.


Thanks to Lori Northrup for providing the material for this posting