Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder Re: Code4Lib 2012 Scholarship
Hello All, This is a reminder that the Code4Lib Scholarship application deadline is today (December 9, 2011). Please see the complete announcement below. thanks, ranti. ===quote=== Oregon State University and the Digital Library Federation are sponsoring five scholarships to promote gender and cultural diversity. Each scholarship will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel costs and conference fees for one qualified attendee to attend the 2012 Code4Lib Conference, which will be held in Seattle, Washington, from Monday,February 6 through Thursday, February 9. The Code4Lib scholarship committee will award two scholarships per category, awarding the remaining scholarship to the best remaining candidate in either category. The Code4Lib scholarship committee will award these scholarships based on merit and need. ELIGIBILITY: Applicants, if eligible, may apply for both scholarships, but no applicant will receive more than one scholarship. Past winners of either scholarship are not eligible for either scholarship. Scholarship recipients will be required to write a short trip report to be submitted to the scholarships committee by February 17, 2012. CONFERENCE INFO: For more information on the Code4Lib Conference, please see the conference website:http://code4lib.org/conference/2012 and write-ups of previous Code4Lib Conferences: http://eprints.rclis.org/11670/1/code4lib_journal_article_-_revised3.pdf http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2717 http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/998 http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/72 THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS The Gender Diversity Scholarships will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel costs and conference fees for two qualified applicants to attend the 2012 Code4Lib Conference. Any woman or transgendered person who is interested in actively contributing to the mission and goals of the Code4Lib Conference is encouraged to apply. THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPS The Minority Scholarships will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel costs and conference fees for two qualified applicants to attend the 2012 Code4Lib Conference. To qualify for this scholarship, an applicant must be interested in actively contributing to the mission and goals of the Code4Lib Conference and must be of Hispanic or Latino, Black orAfrican-American, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or American Indian or Alaskan Native descent. HOW TO APPLY: To apply, please send an email to Jeremy Frumkin (frumk...@u.library.arizona.edu) with the following: - Indication of which scholarship (Gender or Minority or both) to which you are applying - A brief letter of interest, which: 1. Describes your interest in the conference and how you intend toparticipate 2. Discusses your statement of need 3. Indicates your eligibility - A résumé or CV- Contact information for two professional or academic references The application deadline is Dec. 9, 2012. The scholarship committee will notify successful candidates the week of Dec. 19, 2012. -- Bulk mail. Postage paid.
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Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images
Copyright law requires that you make a good-faith effort to find the copyright owners. If you document such effort and they sue you, this can weigh heavily in your favor. There are two obvious caveats: a) You can still get sued, not to mention annoying cease-and-desist letters; and 2) They could still win. Being that we are, for the most part, not art critics, you could consider creating original art. You might get mocked, particularly after a few beers, but that's just the way we roll. Of course, if you buy beer, that will reduce any mock risk. Cary On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Doran, Michael D do...@uta.edu wrote: I was hoping to re-use/re-purpose a couple of 1962 Seattle World's Fair images found on the interwebs [1][2]. Both images were originally created for souvenir decals. According to the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyrights Basics [3] section on works originally created and published or registered before January 1, 1978, copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured -- i.e. for these images, from 1962 to 1990. It goes on to say that During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. This however, was *not* an automatic renewal. So, unless the copyright was explicitly renewed in 1990, the images are in the public domain. Since these images were for souvenir decals (rather than something like a poster), I'm inclined to think the original copyright owner probably didn't renew the copyright. However, I don't know who the original copyright owner is and really have no way of finding out, and therefore I can't ascertain whether or not the copyright was renewed. For those with more experience in copyright, any thoughts regarding situations like this? I realize this isn't a coding question, but figured I might get some helpful responses from those of y'all working in archives and various digital projects where copyright issues regularly come up. ps I've eliminated the Century 21 Exposition logo in my proposed reuse, if that matters (on one image, there is a registered trademark symbol next to the logo). I'm also not retaining the original Seattle World's Fair text. -- Michael [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/6007390480/ [2] http://media.photobucket.com/image/seattle%20world%2527s%20fair%20monorail/bananaphone5000/NEWGORILLA/SeattleWFDecal.jpg [3] http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # do...@uta.edu # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images
I think what Cary is trying to say is welcome to the fun world of copyright! No, you shouldn't assume copyright was not renewed. You will need to determine (1) who the copyright holder is/was and (2) whether the copyright has lapsed. This is not always an easy task, which is why you need to document your good faith efforts (which will, of course, be exhaustive). Carol On Dec 9, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: Copyright law requires that you make a good-faith effort to find the copyright owners. If you document such effort and they sue you, this can weigh heavily in your favor. There are two obvious caveats: a) You can still get sued, not to mention annoying cease-and-desist letters; and 2) They could still win. Being that we are, for the most part, not art critics, you could consider creating original art. You might get mocked, particularly after a few beers, but that's just the way we roll. Of course, if you buy beer, that will reduce any mock risk. Cary On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Doran, Michael D do...@uta.edu wrote: I was hoping to re-use/re-purpose a couple of 1962 Seattle World's Fair images found on the interwebs [1][2]. Both images were originally created for souvenir decals. According to the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyrights Basics [3] section on works originally created and published or registered before January 1, 1978, copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured -- i.e. for these images, from 1962 to 1990. It goes on to say that During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. This however, was *not* an automatic renewal. So, unless the copyright was explicitly renewed in 1990, the images are in the public domain. Since these images were for souvenir decals (rather than something like a poster), I'm inclined to think the original copyright owner probably didn't renew the copyright. However, I don't know who the original copyright owner is and really have no way of finding out, and therefore I can't ascertain whether or not the copyright was renewed. For those with more experience in copyright, any thoughts regarding situations like this? I realize this isn't a coding question, but figured I might get some helpful responses from those of y'all working in archives and various digital projects where copyright issues regularly come up. ps I've eliminated the Century 21 Exposition logo in my proposed reuse, if that matters (on one image, there is a registered trademark symbol next to the logo). I'm also not retaining the original Seattle World's Fair text. -- Michael [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/6007390480/ [2] http://media.photobucket.com/image/seattle%20world%2527s%20fair%20monorail/bananaphone5000/NEWGORILLA/SeattleWFDecal.jpg [3] http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # do...@uta.edu # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images
Michael, If you think your use falls under Fair Use you may find the recently released document from the Visual Resources Association useful *Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study*. * http://www.vraweb.org/organization/pdf/VRAFairUseGuidelinesFinal.pdf*. Trish Rose-Sandler Data Analyst, Biodiversity Heritage Library Project http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Beanworks beanwo...@gmail.com wrote: I think what Cary is trying to say is welcome to the fun world of copyright! No, you shouldn't assume copyright was not renewed. You will need to determine (1) who the copyright holder is/was and (2) whether the copyright has lapsed. This is not always an easy task, which is why you need to document your good faith efforts (which will, of course, be exhaustive). Carol On Dec 9, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: Copyright law requires that you make a good-faith effort to find the copyright owners. If you document such effort and they sue you, this can weigh heavily in your favor. There are two obvious caveats: a) You can still get sued, not to mention annoying cease-and-desist letters; and 2) They could still win. Being that we are, for the most part, not art critics, you could consider creating original art. You might get mocked, particularly after a few beers, but that's just the way we roll. Of course, if you buy beer, that will reduce any mock risk. Cary On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Doran, Michael D do...@uta.edu wrote: I was hoping to re-use/re-purpose a couple of 1962 Seattle World's Fair images found on the interwebs [1][2]. Both images were originally created for souvenir decals. According to the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyrights Basics [3] section on works originally created and published or registered before January 1, 1978, copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured -- i.e. for these images, from 1962 to 1990. It goes on to say that During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. This however, was *not* an automatic renewal. So, unless the copyright was explicitly renewed in 1990, the images are in the public domain. Since these images were for souvenir decals (rather than something like a poster), I'm inclined to think the original copyright owner probably didn't renew the copyright. However, I don't know who the original copyright owner is and really have no way of finding out, and therefore I can't ascertain whether or not the copyright was renewed. For those with more experience in copyright, any thoughts regarding situations like this? I realize this isn't a coding question, but figured I might get some helpful responses from those of y'all working in archives and various digital projects where copyright issues regularly come up. ps I've eliminated the Century 21 Exposition logo in my proposed reuse, if that matters (on one image, there is a registered trademark symbol next to the logo). I'm also not retaining the original Seattle World's Fair text. -- Michael [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/6007390480/ [2] http://media.photobucket.com/image/seattle%20world%2527s%20fair%20monorail/bananaphone5000/NEWGORILLA/SeattleWFDecal.jpg [3] http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # do...@uta.edu # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] Voting for c4l 2012 talks ends today
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Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images
Look at the page for the image you found on Flickr. Near the bottom of the page is a link labeled Request to license. If you click that link, it gives you directions on how to license that image for your own use through Getty. That would be the first thing I would check. Getty might be in a better position to find out the copyright status. And even if the original artwork is no longer under copyright, you might have trouble using this particular image of that artwork. But Getty has people who deal with this type of stuff. I have no expertise in copyright law. But because there is that easy link right on the page, I suspect that simply using that image without even trying the license link it would be viewed as flagrant disregard if there turns out to be a problem. Steve McDonald steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Doran, Michael D Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 1:34 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images I was hoping to re-use/re-purpose a couple of 1962 Seattle World's Fair images found on the interwebs [1][2]. Both images were originally created for souvenir decals. According to the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyrights Basics [3] section on works originally created and published or registered before January 1, 1978, copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured -- i.e. for these images, from 1962 to 1990. It goes on to say that During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. This however, was *not* an automatic renewal. So, unless the copyright was explicitly renewed in 1990, the images are in the public domain. Since these images were for souvenir decals (rather than something like a poster), I'm inclined to think the original copyright owner probably didn't renew the copyright. However, I don't know who the original copyright owner is and really have no way of finding out, and therefore I can't ascertain whether or not the copyright was renewed. For those with more experience in copyright, any thoughts regarding situations like this? I realize this isn't a coding question, but figured I might get some helpful responses from those of y'all working in archives and various digital projects where copyright issues regularly come up. ps I've eliminated the Century 21 Exposition logo in my proposed reuse, if that matters (on one image, there is a registered trademark symbol next to the logo). I'm also not retaining the original Seattle World's Fair text. -- Michael [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/6007390480/ [2] http://media.photobucket.com/image/seattle%20world%2527s%20fair%20monor ail/bananaphone5000/NEWGORILLA/SeattleWFDecal.jpg [3] http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # do...@uta.edu # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/
Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images
Check this site to search for it: http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ My library department used to help people with this all the time. It is very tedious and could be a mistake to assume that, if you don't find it, it doesn't exist. If there is money at stake, you could hire a copyright search attorney. Melanie Amy Hogue Manager of Online Resources Reports Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library 423-757-5114 From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Doran, Michael D Sent: Fri 12/9/2011 1:34 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images I was hoping to re-use/re-purpose a couple of 1962 Seattle World's Fair images found on the interwebs [1][2]. Both images were originally created for souvenir decals. According to the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyrights Basics [3] section on works originally created and published or registered before January 1, 1978, copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured -- i.e. for these images, from 1962 to 1990. It goes on to say that During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. This however, was *not* an automatic renewal. So, unless the copyright was explicitly renewed in 1990, the images are in the public domain. Since these images were for souvenir decals (rather than something like a poster), I'm inclined to think the original copyright owner probably didn't renew the copyright. However, I don't know who the original copyright owner is and really have no way of finding out, and therefore I can't ascertain whether or not the copyright was renewed. For those with more experience in copyright, any thoughts regarding situations like this? I realize this isn't a coding question, but figured I might get some helpful responses from those of y'all working in archives and various digital projects where copyright issues regularly come up. ps I've eliminated the Century 21 Exposition logo in my proposed reuse, if that matters (on one image, there is a registered trademark symbol next to the logo). I'm also not retaining the original Seattle World's Fair text. -- Michael [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/6007390480/ [2] http://media.photobucket.com/image/seattle%20world%2527s%20fair%20monorail/bananaphone5000/NEWGORILLA/SeattleWFDecal.jpg [3] http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # do...@uta.edu # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/
Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images
Hi Steve, Images of this decal are in on other web pages too. Even if it's possible that this person's *photo* is the Ur-photo of which all the others are copies, it's the original decal artwork that I think is the issue. I could probably eventually buy the decal on eBay or some such, and take my own photo, but the artwork's copyright would be the main copyright consideration. -- Michael -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of McDonald, Stephen Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:10 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images Look at the page for the image you found on Flickr. Near the bottom of the page is a link labeled Request to license. If you click that link, it gives you directions on how to license that image for your own use through Getty. That would be the first thing I would check. Getty might be in a better position to find out the copyright status. And even if the original artwork is no longer under copyright, you might have trouble using this particular image of that artwork. But Getty has people who deal with this type of stuff. I have no expertise in copyright law. But because there is that easy link right on the page, I suspect that simply using that image without even trying the license link it would be viewed as flagrant disregard if there turns out to be a problem. Steve McDonald steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Doran, Michael D Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 1:34 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images I was hoping to re-use/re-purpose a couple of 1962 Seattle World's Fair images found on the interwebs [1][2]. Both images were originally created for souvenir decals. According to the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyrights Basics [3] section on works originally created and published or registered before January 1, 1978, copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured -- i.e. for these images, from 1962 to 1990. It goes on to say that During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. This however, was *not* an automatic renewal. So, unless the copyright was explicitly renewed in 1990, the images are in the public domain. Since these images were for souvenir decals (rather than something like a poster), I'm inclined to think the original copyright owner probably didn't renew the copyright. However, I don't know who the original copyright owner is and really have no way of finding out, and therefore I can't ascertain whether or not the copyright was renewed. For those with more experience in copyright, any thoughts regarding situations like this? I realize this isn't a coding question, but figured I might get some helpful responses from those of y'all working in archives and various digital projects where copyright issues regularly come up. ps I've eliminated the Century 21 Exposition logo in my proposed reuse, if that matters (on one image, there is a registered trademark symbol next to the logo). I'm also not retaining the original Seattle World's Fair text. -- Michael [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/6007390480/ [2] http://media.photobucket.com/image/seattle%20world%2527s%20fair%20monor ail/bananaphone5000/NEWGORILLA/SeattleWFDecal.jpg [3] http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # do...@uta.edu # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/
[CODE4LIB] Bienvenue à Montréal (Access 2012 found a home)
Hey everyone - Just to let you know that Access 2012 will be in Montreal in October - http://accessconference.ca/2011/12/09/see-you-in-montreal/ More info to follow very shortly. In the meantime, holler if you have any questions! Cheers, Amy Buckland eScholarship, ePublishing Digitization Coordinator McGill University Library 514.398.3059
Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images
these guys might own the copyright http://seattlecenter.org/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/1962-Seattle-Worlds-Fair/106938462090 On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Doran, Michael D wrote: Hi Trish, Thank you for the referral. I looked through that but I don't think my intended use (an unofficial code4lib conference t-shirt) can be categorized as teaching, research, or study. ;-) I may do a one-off copy for myself. -- Michael -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Trish Rose-Sandler Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 1:56 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images Michael, If you think your use falls under Fair Use you may find the recently released document from the Visual Resources Association useful *Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study*. * http://www.vraweb.org/organization/pdf/VRAFairUseGuidelinesFinal.pdf*. Trish Rose-Sandler Data Analyst, Biodiversity Heritage Library Project http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Beanworks beanwo...@gmail.com wrote: I think what Cary is trying to say is welcome to the fun world of copyright! No, you shouldn't assume copyright was not renewed. You will need to determine (1) who the copyright holder is/was and (2) whether the copyright has lapsed. This is not always an easy task, which is why you need to document your good faith efforts (which will, of course, be exhaustive). Carol On Dec 9, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: Copyright law requires that you make a good-faith effort to find the copyright owners. If you document such effort and they sue you, this can weigh heavily in your favor. There are two obvious caveats: a) You can still get sued, not to mention annoying cease-and-desist letters; and 2) They could still win. Being that we are, for the most part, not art critics, you could consider creating original art. You might get mocked, particularly after a few beers, but that's just the way we roll. Of course, if you buy beer, that will reduce any mock risk. Cary On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Doran, Michael D do...@uta.edu wrote: I was hoping to re-use/re-purpose a couple of 1962 Seattle World's Fair images found on the interwebs [1][2]. Both images were originally created for souvenir decals. According to the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyrights Basics [3] section on works originally created and published or registered before January 1, 1978, copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured -- i.e. for these images, from 1962 to 1990. It goes on to say that During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. This however, was *not* an automatic renewal. So, unless the copyright was explicitly renewed in 1990, the images are in the public domain. Since these images were for souvenir decals (rather than something like a poster), I'm inclined to think the original copyright owner probably didn't renew the copyright. However, I don't know who the original copyright owner is and really have no way of finding out, and therefore I can't ascertain whether or not the copyright was renewed. For those with more experience in copyright, any thoughts regarding situations like this? I realize this isn't a coding question, but figured I might get some helpful responses from those of y'all working in archives and various digital projects where copyright issues regularly come up. ps I've eliminated the Century 21 Exposition logo in my proposed reuse, if that matters (on one image, there is a registered trademark symbol next to the logo). I'm also not retaining the original Seattle World's Fair text. -- Michael [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/6007390480/ [2] http://media.photobucket.com/image/seattle%20world%2527s%20fair%20monorail/ bananaphone5000/NEWGORILLA/SeattleWFDecal.jpg [3] http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian # University of Texas at Arlington # 817-272-5326 office # 817-688-1926 mobile # do...@uta.edu # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/ -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com
[CODE4LIB] automatic greeking of sample files
Hi, I'm now in the group that produces XTF, and for XTF4.0, I'm thinking about updating the EAD XSLT based on the Online Archive of California's stylesheets. For our EAD samples that we distribute with the XTF tutorial, we are using 6 EAD files from the library of congress (which presumably are public domain). I'd like to start of a collection of pathological EAD examples that we have the rights to redistribute with the XTF tutorials and to use for testing. Anticipating that potential contributors might not want to release their actual records for inclusion in an open source project; I hacked a little script to systematically change names and nouns to pig latin https://gist.github.com/1429538 Here is a sample run; Input: (from http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3580374v/ ) The NASA Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986 when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. Disintegration of the entire vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster failed at liftoff. The disaster resulted in the formation of the Rogers Commission, a special commission appointed by United States President Ronald Reagan to investigate the accident. The Presidential Commission found that NASA's organizational culture and decision-making processes had been a key contributing factor to the accident. NASA managers had known that contractor Morton Thiokol's design of the solid rocket boosters contained a potentially catastrophic flaw in the O-rings, but they failed to address it properly. They also disregarded warnings from engineers about the dangers of launching posed by the low temperatures of that morning. output: The Nasaay Acespay Uttleshay Allengerchay isasterday occurred on Anuaryjay 28, 1986 when Acespay Uttleshay Allengerchay okebray apartway 73 econdsays into its flight, leading to the eathdays of its seven ewcray embermays. Isintegrationday of the entire ehiclevay began after an O-ring ealsay in its ightray solid ocketray oosterbay failed at iftofflay. The isasterday resulted in the ormationfay of the Ogersray Ommissioncay, a special ommissioncay appointed by Itedunay States Esidentpray Onaldray Eaganray to investigate the accidentway. The Esidentialpray Ommissioncay found that Nasaay's organizational ulturecay and decision-making ocessprays had been a key ontributingcay actorfay to the accidentway. Nasaay anagermays had known that ontractorcay Ortonmay Iokolthay's esignday of the solid ocketray oosterbays contained a potentially catastrophic awflay in the ingO-rays, but they failed to addressway it properly. They also disregarded arningways from engineerways about the angerda! ys of launching posed by the low emperaturetays of that orningmay. Does anyone have any thoughts or feedback on this? Is this totally silly? Is there something besides pig latin that I could transform the words to? Any obvious ways I could improve the python?
Re: [CODE4LIB] Availability of data-enabled temporary SIM cards
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:50 PM, KREYCHE, MICHAEL mkrey...@kent.edu wrote: I meant phone purchased from T-Mobile. Some devices they don't sell are blocked from using the prepaid data service. Meaning an unlocked phone can be used for calls but not data? Weird. You should be able to use data on a properly unlocked phone. If you couldn't do that, you'd think that the people who root their phones and drop in a new ROM wouldn't be able to use service. I love TMO, but I wouldn't just go for the cheapest service. Check the frequencies that your phone handles and of the carrier you plan to use. Edge speeds really suck, particularly if you're tethering, and it's worth dropping a bit more coin for something that actually works. kyle
Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images
Seattle Public Library's website has a collection of Seattle World's Fair images. One record includes the following: Contributing Institution Seattle Center Foundation: owner, scanning, and metadata; The Seattle Public Library: metadata Rights Management To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, email i...@seattlecenter.org or call 206-684-7345. I'm guessing you could use that as the general method to inquire about any other Seattle World's Fair image. Genny Engel Sonoma County Library gen...@sonoma.lib.ca.us 707 545-0831 x581 www.sonomalibrary.org -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Simon Spero Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 2:46 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images I believe that this is might be the case for many images, the site also lists their local LAM partners for the 50th anniversary (which is next year). Might be possible to get logo rights, or possible even some nifty retro-future image from their collections Simon On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:03 PM, BRIAN TINGLE brian.tingle.cdlib@gmail.com wrote: these guys might own the copyright http://seattlecenter.org/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/1962-Seattle-Worlds-Fair/106938462090 On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Doran, Michael D wrote: Hi Trish, Thank you for the referral. I looked through that but I don't think my intended use (an unofficial code4lib conference t-shirt) can be categorized as teaching, research, or study. ;-) I may do a one-off copy for myself. -- Michael -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Trish Rose-Sandler Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 1:56 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] copyright/fair use considerations for re-using Seattle World's Fair images Michael, If you think your use falls under Fair Use you may find the recently released document from the Visual Resources Association useful *Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study*. * http://www.vraweb.org/organization/pdf/VRAFairUseGuidelinesFinal.pdf*. Trish Rose-Sandler Data Analyst, Biodiversity Heritage Library Project http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Beanworks beanwo...@gmail.com wrote: I think what Cary is trying to say is welcome to the fun world of copyright! No, you shouldn't assume copyright was not renewed. You will need to determine (1) who the copyright holder is/was and (2) whether the copyright has lapsed. This is not always an easy task, which is why you need to document your good faith efforts (which will, of course, be exhaustive). Carol On Dec 9, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Cary Gordon listu...@chillco.com wrote: Copyright law requires that you make a good-faith effort to find the copyright owners. If you document such effort and they sue you, this can weigh heavily in your favor. There are two obvious caveats: a) You can still get sued, not to mention annoying cease-and-desist letters; and 2) They could still win. Being that we are, for the most part, not art critics, you could consider creating original art. You might get mocked, particularly after a few beers, but that's just the way we roll. Of course, if you buy beer, that will reduce any mock risk. Cary On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Doran, Michael D do...@uta.edu wrote: I was hoping to re-use/re-purpose a couple of 1962 Seattle World's Fair images found on the interwebs [1][2]. Both images were originally created for souvenir decals. According to the U.S. Copyright Office's Copyrights Basics [3] section on works originally created and published or registered before January 1, 1978, copyright endured for a first term of 28 years from the date it was secured -- i.e. for these images, from 1962 to 1990. It goes on to say that During the last (28th) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. This however, was *not* an automatic renewal. So, unless the copyright was explicitly renewed in 1990, the images are in the public domain. Since these images were for souvenir decals (rather than something like a poster), I'm inclined to think the original copyright owner probably didn't renew the copyright. However, I don't know who the original copyright owner is and really have no way of finding out, and therefore I can't ascertain whether or not the copyright was renewed. For those with more experience in copyright, any thoughts regarding situations like this? I realize this isn't a coding question, but figured I might get some helpful responses from those of y'all working in archives and various digital projects where copyright issues regularly come up. ps
[CODE4LIB] What software for a digital library
If I built this website today and not in 1994, http://runeberg.org/irescan/0014.html (you can see it hasn't changed much, http://web.archive.org/web/19970227191652/http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/fstal/1b.html ) then I would probably use CSS rather than HTML tables for layout, I would probably use a MySQL database instead of plain text files, and I would probably use some open source content management (CMS) or digital asset managment (DAM) software rather than a Perl script that generates static HTML files. But which open source framework would I use? Greenstone? XTF? DSpace? Mediawiki? Django? WordPress? I found the Mark Twain Project, which uses XTF, and it looks quite nice, http://www.marktwainproject.org/ Then I saw the video showing how to add a new document to an XTF website, and that didn't look so good, http://xtf.cdlib.org/getting-started-tutorials/the-exercises/exercise-1/ in particular I didn't like these steps: 5. Shut down tomcat. 6. Do an incremental re-index (2) to include the new document. 7. Start up tomcat. ... To be clear: I need a platform where regular users, logged in or not, can upload new books through a web interface. Does that leave me with anything else than Mediawiki? -- Lars Aronsson (l...@aronsson.se) Project Runeberg - free Nordic literature - http://runeberg.org/
Re: [CODE4LIB] What software for a digital library
On Dec 9, 2011, at 9:05 PM, Lars Aronsson wrote: in particular I didn't like these steps: 5. Shut down tomcat. 6. Do an incremental re-index (2) to include the new document. 7. Start up tomcat. ... I'm not sure why this step is in the tutorial -- XTF does not normally require for tomcat to be shutdown/restarted for a indexing. (There is a tutorial version of XTF that comes with a bundled tomcat; maybe there is something with the way that tomcat is configured that makes this step required?) If I built this website today and not in 1994, http://runeberg.org/irescan/0014.html [...] which open source framework would I use? Greenstone? XTF? DSpace? Mediawiki? Django? WordPress? ... To be clear: I need a platform where regular users, logged in or not, can upload new books through a web interface. Does that leave me with anything else than Mediawiki? Is that your most important requirement? Are you expecting to just install something without doing a lot of development, or looking to have the most fun hacking? What format is the book in? PDF? Individual pages images? Some ebook format? Something downloaded from internet archive? The Open Monograph Press from the Public Knowledge Project might be something to look at when it comes out, but it maybe is focused on editorial workflows than you would need? http://pkp.sfu.ca/omp Django is nice if you want to use an SQL database and and ORM. Flask (a python microframework) also looks interesting. I would probably use some open source content management (CMS) or digital asset managment (DAM) software rather than a Perl script that generates static HTML files. I would not give up on text files and generation scripts. Check out this presentation from the last code4lib about using http://tinytree.info/ to run a lot of command line tools to generate static HTML. http://www.slideshare.net/MrDys/lets-get-small-a-microservices-approach-to-library-websites http://www.indiana.edu/~video/stream/launchflash.html?format=MP4folder=vicfilename=C4L2011_session_3b_20110209.mp4
