The Scoop http://thescoop.net The Stop Cases Of Online Plagiarism Network Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:46:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Aunt Crabby’s new and improved TheScoop http://thescoop.net/copyright/aunt-crabbys-new-and-improved-thescoop http://thescoop.net/copyright/aunt-crabbys-new-and-improved-thescoop#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:29:37 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/?p=147 Your Dear Aunt Crabby has been busy, in fact, too busy to rant lately.

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]]> http://thescoop.net/copyright/aunt-crabbys-new-and-improved-thescoop/feed 0 Digital Preservation Pioneer: Nancy McGovern http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/digital-preservation-pioneer-nancy-mcgovern http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/digital-preservation-pioneer-nancy-mcgovern#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:17:25 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/digital-preservation-pioneer-nancy-mcgovern October 2010 – Nancy McGovern has been involved in the preservation of digital content since the mid-1980s when she began working with electronic records at the U.S. National Archives.

Since then, she has been responsible for the preservation of digital content of all kinds, including digital archives, digital library collections, and research data. During that time, she has actively tracked the emergence of the digital preservation field with an increasingly comprehensive set of standards and practices as new content types require new or enhanced strategies.

]]> http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/digital-preservation-pioneer-nancy-mcgovern/feed 0 Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act http://thescoop.net/copyright/combating-online-infringement-and-counterfeits-act http://thescoop.net/copyright/combating-online-infringement-and-counterfeits-act#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:21 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/copyright/combating-online-infringement-and-counterfeits-act S.3804, To combat online infringement, and for other purposes.
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]]> http://thescoop.net/copyright/combating-online-infringement-and-counterfeits-act/feed 0 Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act http://thescoop.net/copyright/innovative-design-protection-and-piracy-prevention-act http://thescoop.net/copyright/innovative-design-protection-and-piracy-prevention-act#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:21 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/copyright/innovative-design-protection-and-piracy-prevention-act S 3728 To amend title 17, United States Code, to extend protection to fashion design, and for other purposes. Introduced August 5, 2010.
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]]> http://thescoop.net/copyright/innovative-design-protection-and-piracy-prevention-act/feed 0 S.3689 Copyright Cleanup, Clarification, and Corrections Act of 2010 http://thescoop.net/copyright/s-3689-copyright-cleanup-clarification-and-corrections-act-of-2010 http://thescoop.net/copyright/s-3689-copyright-cleanup-clarification-and-corrections-act-of-2010#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:21 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/copyright/s-3689-copyright-cleanup-clarification-and-corrections-act-of-2010 To clarify, improve, and correct the laws relating to copyrights.
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]]> http://thescoop.net/copyright/s-3689-copyright-cleanup-clarification-and-corrections-act-of-2010/feed 0 October 2010 issue of the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter now available http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/october-2010-issue-of-the-library-of-congress-digital-preservation-newsletter-now-available http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/october-2010-issue-of-the-library-of-congress-digital-preservation-newsletter-now-available#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:12 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/october-2010-issue-of-the-library-of-congress-digital-preservation-newsletter-now-available In this issue:

*Highlights from Best Practices Exchange 2010

*The Library of Congress participates in a public event, “Save Our African American Treasures,” to offer advice about preserving personal digital collections

*Two NDIIPP-supported projects recently released software tools that can assist digital preservation practitioners and researchers: MozillaFox and the PeDALS Email Extractor for Outlook

*A recap of a recent Smithsonian Institution forum, “Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration”

*2010 Digital Preservation Award shortlist announced

*ContextMiner, a tool free tool that enables users to collect links to blogs and online videos, wins an award for Best Political Science Website or Software

*Upcoming Fall Events: DLF Fall Forum, Reimagining the Archive Symposium, the 6th International Digital Curation Conference, and CNI Fall 2010 Meeting

]]> http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/october-2010-issue-of-the-library-of-congress-digital-preservation-newsletter-now-available/feed 0 Best Practices Exchange has NDIIPP Focus http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/best-practices-exchange-has-ndiipp-focus http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/best-practices-exchange-has-ndiipp-focus#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:12 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/best-practices-exchange-has-ndiipp-focus October 8, 2010 — The Best Practices Exchange, an annual gathering of state archivists, librarians and others with an interest in the preservation of government digital information, held its fifth annual meeting September 28-October 1 in Phoenix, Az. A special focus of the meeting was upon the four Library of Congress state government information projects supported under the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program.

]]> http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/best-practices-exchange-has-ndiipp-focus/feed 0 Libraries, Archives and Museums: A Collaborative Convergence http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/libraries-archives-and-museums-a-collaborative-convergence http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/libraries-archives-and-museums-a-collaborative-convergence#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:12 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/libraries-archives-and-museums-a-collaborative-convergence October 5, 2010 — The Smithsonian Institution hosted Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration on September 20-21 in Washington, DC. The OCLC Research and RLG Partnership planning committee organized the meeting, which was an outgrowth of previous OCLC work focusing on the convergence of libraries, archives and museums.

]]> http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/libraries-archives-and-museums-a-collaborative-convergence/feed 0 Strengthening Multi-institution Collaboration http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/strengthening-multi-institution-collaboration http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/strengthening-multi-institution-collaboration#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:12 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/strengthening-multi-institution-collaboration October 5, 2010 — While collaboration among libraries, archives and museums has taken place for some time, challenges remain on the path to success.

This topic generated a great deal of insightful discussion at Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration, a recent meeting hosted at the Smithsonian Institution.

]]> http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/strengthening-multi-institution-collaboration/feed 0 NDIIPP Projects on Digital Preservation Award Shortlist http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/ndiipp-projects-on-digital-preservation-award-shortlist http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/ndiipp-projects-on-digital-preservation-award-shortlist#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:12:12 +0000 admin http://thescoop.net/copyright/digital-preservation/ndiipp-projects-on-digital-preservation-award-shortlist September 28, 2010 — The Institute of Conservation and the Digital Preservation Coalition recently announced the shortlist for the prestigious Digital Preservation Award 2010. Several NDIIPP-supported projects have made the list.

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