Posts by: Laura
In my process of making posters and videos and Yuba College, I need to think very carefully about copyright. It is very easy to make extensive use of the fair use clause, though it may not always be correct. To this end, I am also taking a copyright class this semester, to ensure that I [...]
The first few weeks for my internship have gone well. I created a few digital posters based on the idea of information overload and promoting the library databases. The Librarian seemed happy with those. My current project is spearheading an essay contest.
The prompt is: “How the Yuba College library has contributed to my academic [...]
This semester I have the pleasure of interning at Yuba College, a small community college in the rural, agricultural central valley of California. As it is relatively local (within an hour drive) I met with the Librarian over the Christmas holiday to have a tour of the library and to talk about what she had [...]
I’m reading a new book on intellectual property and the issue of copyright called Permissions. In this book, author and publisher Susan Bielstein talks bluntly about the issues that surround art and copyright. Specifically, (as an author and publisher) she extensively treats the issues involved in using photographs or art in books. She gives [...]
This week I had the pleasure of seeing the newest movie in the Planet of the Apes universe, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. And while I won’t be going into detail (because it is still a relatively new movie), I don’t think it’s much of a spoiler to say that the general premise [...]
One of the greatest complaints that we, as Information Professionals, hear against Facebook and all the myriad social networking services out there today is that it is too easy to lose sight of the people behind the screen names. We’ve all heard the stories of teens completely disconnecting, of people becoming lost to their friends [...]
Imagine with me, for a moment, if you will: It is late on a Tuesday afternoon. The weather doesn’t matter much, but it does change the setting a little. This Tuesday, we will be thinking of a rainy day; late autumn. I have the entire afternoon to myself. The husband and kids are [...]
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