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Why Recent Court Decisions Don't Change the Rules on Filtering | American Libraries Mag... - 2 views

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filtering blocking

shared by adrienne_mobius on 10 Aug 12 - No Cached

adrienne_mobius on 10 Aug 12

This article mentions the court case involving the Camdenton school district, where the library's use of filtering was found to be unconstitutional. The school district agreed to stop blocking LGBT websites, submitted to 18 months of monitoring, and had to pay $125,000 in attorneys' fees.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article mentions the court case involving the Camdenton school district, where the library's use of filtering was found to be unconstitutional. The school district agreed to stop blocking LGBT websites, submitted to 18 months of monitoring, and had to pay $125,000 in attorneys' fees. </div>

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Stepping Out of the Library | Walking Paper - 0 views

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library Professional Development customer service user experience evaluation

shared by Jennifer Parsons on 10 Jan 13 - No Cached

Jennifer Parsons on 10 Jan 13

Aaron Schmidt recommends occasionally taking a break from "deep thinking about your library" and go on a Service Safari to other places that offer customer service. He recommends a series of questions to ask yourself about your experience as a customer. This in turn can help libraries with evaluating their own services. Other techniques for customer service self-evaluation in this article include: Make a Map: Block out paths created by library users to your services. Think Like a Child (a.k.a."5 Whys"): Figuring out root causes of problems by taking a single statement of a problem and asking "why" five times; an example is given.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Aaron Schmidt recommends occasionally taking a break from "deep thinking about your library" and go on a Service Safari to other places that offer customer service. He recommends a series of questions to ask yourself about your experience as a customer. This in turn can help libraries with evaluating their own services. Other techniques for customer service self-evaluation in this article include: Make a Map: Block out paths created by library users to your services. Think Like a Child (a.k.a."5 Whys"): Figuring out root causes of problems by taking a single statement of a problem and asking "why" five times; an example is given.</div>

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Amazon Wipes Customer's Account, Locks All Ebooks, Says 'Find A New Retailer' When She ... - 0 views

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Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 25 Oct 12 - No Cached

Scott Peterson on 25 Oct 12

An article that revisits an older issue (Amazon wiping or removing a book from a Kindle), just this time it was an entire eBook collection and was deleted because of a problem with the user's account. It reinforces what copyright holders have always had but weren't able to enforce until the digital era, that users have only rights to access or use a work, not to actually own it, and those rights can be limited. Further, Amazon is a private company that can dictate policies; all the user knows is her account is "related" to a blocked account without knowing why or how.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An article that revisits an older issue (Amazon wiping or removing a book from a Kindle), just this time it was an entire eBook collection and was deleted because of a problem with the user's account. It reinforces what copyright holders have always had but weren't able to enforce until the digital era, that users have only rights to access or use a work, not to actually own it, and those rights can be limited. Further, Amazon is a private company that can dictate policies; all the user knows is her account is "related" to a blocked account without knowing why or how.</div>

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Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach | Video on TED.com - 3 views

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building blocks blink teach video ted com

shared by Sharla Lair on 29 Mar 12 - No Cached

Sharla Lair on 29 Mar 12

We have to get these! We can create our own little MOBIUSbots!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">We have to get these! We can create our own little MOBIUSbots!</div>

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anonymous on 30 Mar 12

http://littlebits.cc/ Ayah Bdeir is from the MIT Media Lab. I love the Media Lab - it produces the coolest of cool ideas. I'm not sold on using these to make a bot, but I'm definitely going to get some for Freya.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://littlebits.cc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://littlebits.cc/</a> Ayah Bdeir is from the MIT Media Lab. I love the Media Lab - it produces the coolest of cool ideas. I'm not sold on using these to make a bot, but I'm definitely going to get some for Freya.</div>

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Jennifer Parsons on 30 Mar 12

Wow, I cannot wait until Henry is old enough to play with these!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Wow, I cannot wait until Henry is old enough to play with these!</div>

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Top EU court upholds right to resell downloaded software | Ars Technica - 2 views

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downloaded software resell first_sale copyright

shared by Jennifer Parsons on 06 Jul 12 - No Cached

The European Court of Justice has ruled that customers have a right to resell software they purchase regardless of whether the software was originally distributed on a physical medium or downloaded over the Internet.
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But the court did place some important limits on customers' rights to resell used software licenses. First, if a customer purchases a multiseat license, it is not allowed to split the license up into parts and sell them separately.
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The court also held that after reselling the software, the previous owner must render his own copy of the software inoperable.
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Jennifer Parsons on 06 Jul 12

Now, this took place in the European Union, not the United States (where software is still "licensed" instead of actually sold), but what it means is that people who pay a fee to have software distributed to them now have right of first sale to that license-- that is, they can redistribute it to another person, just as I can give a book I purchased to someone else.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Now, this took place in the European Union, not the United States (where software is still "licensed" instead of actually sold), but what it means is that people who pay a fee to have software distributed to them now have right of first sale to that license-- that is, they can redistribute it to another person, just as I can give a book I purchased to someone else.</div>

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anonymous on 07 Jul 12

This is great - thanks for posting.

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Snap! Build Your Own Blocks. Beta - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 07 Nov 13 - No Cached

anonymous on 07 Nov 13

A Berkeley port of Scratch, a tool for teaching kids to program with puzzle piece like functions/operators/etc.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A Berkeley port of Scratch, a tool for teaching kids to program with puzzle piece like functions/operators/etc.</div>

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