The Librarians Guide to Intellectual Property in the Digital Age

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Michael Brown goes for broke and contacts literary royalty, the co-publisher of Glimmer Train Stories. Talking to Susan Burmeister-Brown, Michael learns that little magazines are rarely little. Often, they are as big as the hearts that pour into them.     

Archiving Websites: A Practical Guide for Information Management Professionals

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This edition of “From Picas to Pixels” takes an in-depth look at some innovative oral history collections at the University of Texas at Austin. Focusing on one collection in particular, the Texas Legacy Project, Quinn Stewart tells us about old and new ways to encode and offer up high quality transcribed video. Also discussed is the new technology application, Glifos Social Media Creator, that makes these new collections possible. Other ongoing oral history projects at the University of Texas at Austin are addressed.     

Digital Accessibility as a Core Competency for E-Resources Librarians

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This article will outline the electronic resources life cycle and identify key elements involved in e-resource management that exhibit potential for growth in terms of accessibility remediation. The aim of the article is to convey an understanding of the importance of digital accessibility to electronic resources librarians and the role they may play in making digital collections more available to users with impairments.