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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Two days ago, on Tuesday, June 10, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York made a major ruling that emphasizes the legality of fair use for book digitization. In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations. In Authors Guild v. copyright law). in addition to the text?only