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Law Librarian Blog: Tech Trends and Copyright at ALA
Tech Trends and Copyright at ALA
ALA’s Midwinter meeting featured two programs of particular interest to law librarians. Georgia Harper’s presentation on copyright and open access, “OA, IRs and IP: Open Access, Digital Copyright and Marketplace Competition," [paper | slides] sponsored by ALA ALCTS, makes the case that the social costs of copyright outweigh its benefits in the digital environment. And in “Top Tech Trends,” [video | follow-up discussion] sponsored by ALA LITA, a group of library technology experts discusses the most recent developments in technology affecting libraries. The topics include open source software, geographic data, linked data, the OAI-ORE standard for enabling retrieval of digital objects, RFID and automated circulation, automation of ILL presearching, advance shipping notice for acquisitions, the demise of print newspapers, environmental impact of technology, self-publishing services, the need to present evidence-based justifications for technology spending in lean times, decisionmaking for adopting new technology, use of multiple screens, digital preservation, discovery interfaces, and the integration of Web 2.0 tools into library technology. Hat tip to Roy Tennant. [Robert Richards].
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