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Interesting post on digital vs. print publications.

Here is some information about open access and the Public Knowledge Project. This piece generated a lot of comments, which are also worth reading.

this bothers me based on all of the political propoganda that masquerades as literature lately. Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck both attempt to use best-seller lists as a public bellweather of their popularity, but both give away electronic editions of their books to boost their standings. When does literature cross the line into propoganda?

The Washington City Paper had the key ingredients for a scandalous stink bomb of a story: Marion Barry, a sexual fling with an ex-aide and a scoop involving embarrassing voice mails.

Okay. I'm sure most of us have seen the City Paper for this week, or will see it after reading this story. I know they are supposed to be an "edgier" publication, but was this really necessary? We can all fill in the blanks and could've read between the lines to know what the headline said without seeing certain words clear as day. I'm not a prude, but that was a bit much. What do you all think?

JAMA tries to hush up a scientist whistle-blower reporting on a conflict of interest involving an investigator and a sponsoring company.

Blog dedicated to ethics of journal publishing. (Group is based in England but many of the topics seem universal.)

Response to criticism of the Google Book Settlement by Amazon's Jeff Bezos.

Google has been working with the Federal government on facilitating access to government data - this article talks about the first fruits of that effort.

A federal judge ruled in favor of a defendant who reposted an entire article in a copyright case on Monday, Wired reports. The lawsuit was brought by Righthaven, a Las Vegas-based "copyright litigation factory," according to Wired, that has sued more than 200 websites, bloggers, and commenters for copyright infringement. This particular lawsuit targeted Wayne Hoehn, who posted an entire editorial from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and its headline, "Public Employee Pensions: We Can't Afford Them" on a website medjacksports.com.

Public libraries across the U.S. are getting into the online book-selling business, providing convenience for patrons but also raising concerns that the sales threaten to commercialize taxpayer-supported institutions founded to provide information free-of-charge.