Author: tchabolla

  • Recent ruling on copyright, fair use and “e-reserves”

    Large academic publishers Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Sage Publications sued Georgia State University in 2008 over what they saw as a blatant over-use of “e-reserves” that deprived them of licensing revenue. The final ruling of that case was published Friday, May 11, 2012 and was decided (mostly) in GSU’s favor. The judge…

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  • Websites to help with productivity

    The Red Dot crew recently went to the Visual Resources Association conference, and came back with lots of great ideas and information.  One of the sessions included lightning-fast presentations of websites, apps and free software that help with work efficiency and productivity.  Some of these were: Print What You Like:  Economizes printing so you don’t…

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  • New iPad app celebrates Leonardo as anatomist

    Who says you can’t take it with you: The Royal Collection revealed a new iPad app that offers zoomable high-resolution images of, and other nifty toys with, all 268 anatomical studies by Leonardo da Vinci in their collection. The app has been launched in conjunction with its current exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist (4 May-7…

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  • Syracuse’s Marcel Breuer Digital Archive now available

    Syracuse University Library has unveiled phase one of a new digital archive containing objects by and about architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981). The archive includes over 30,000 images of drawings, photographs, correspondence, and other materials created before 1955 and can be explored in its entirety or by project or name. For more information about…

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  • Another Italian museum facing budget woes

    Although it opened only two years ago, with an awarding winning space, the Maxxi National Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome may be closing its doors due to lack of funds. via the Guardian

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  • Fisk University and the Stieglitz Collection: The final ruling

    We’ve had a couple of updates in the last six months, but this week the final decision was announced: The Tennessee Supreme Court denied the application of the Tennessee Attorney General to hear an appeal of the decision of the Court of Appeals to permit Fisk’s Alfred C. Stieglitz Art Collection to be shared with the…

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