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["Charles W. Bailey, Jr." <cbailey@UH.EDU>]

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Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog

September 22, 2003

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Next Weblog update on 9/29/03.

Berlind, David. "The Patent Fight That Could Disrupt the Internet [1]."
ZDNet Australia, 16 September 2003: A successful suit by Eolas
Technologies puts the future of Web browser plug-ins in question.

Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large [2] 3, no. 12 [3] (2003): Walt
Crawford continues his incisive commentary on current issues, new articles
worth reading, and other topics. Highly recommended.

D-Lib Magazine 9, no. 9 [4] (2003): Includes "The Digital Preservation of
e-Prints [5]," "Generation of XML Records Across Multiple Metadata
Standards [6]," "The Intellectual Property Rights Issues Facing
Self-Archiving [7]," and other articles.

Digital and Preservation Dispatch, 15 September 2003 [8]: E-newsletter
about digitization and preservation issues from the OCLC Digitization &
Preservation Online Resource Center.

FreePint, 18 September 2003 [9]: Includes "Tips on Negotiating Licences
for Electronic Products [10]" and other articles.

Gross, Grant. "Congress Scrutinizes RIAA Tactics [11]." PCWorld.com, 17
September 2003: Discusses the Consumers, Schools, and Libraries Digital
Rights Management Act of 2003.

LaMonica, Martin. "Debating Digital Media's Future [12]." CNET News.com,
18 September 2003: Summarizes events at the Berkman Center for Internet &
Society's Digital Media in Cyberspace conference.

Libraries: How They Stack Up [13]: OCLC report "provides a snapshot of the
economic impact of libraries."

"National Library of the Netherlands and BioMed Central Agree to Open
Access Archive [14]": BioMed Central press release says that the
Koninklijke Bibliotheek: "will act as an official archival agent for
BioMed Central."

OCLC Systems & Services [15] 19, no. 3 (2003): Includes "Digital Library
Development in Brazil," "Institutional Repositories: The Library's New
Role," "'NOF-Digi': Putting UK Culture Online," "A Pioneering Spirit:
Using Administrative Metadata to Manage Electronic Resources," and other
articles.

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Copyright � 2003 by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.

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[1] http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000048590,20278616,00.htm
[2] http://cites.boisestate.edu/
[3] http://cites.boisestate.edu/civ3i12.pdf
[4] http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/09contents.html
[5] http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/pinfield/09pinfield.html
[6] http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/lightle/09lightle.html
[7] http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september03/gadd/09gadd.html
[8] http://digitalcooperative.oclc.org/dispatch/15sept2003.html
[9] http://www.freepint.com/issues/180903.htm?FreePint_Session=cb8f500851f0a8dc010740e4d5163c29#issue
[10] http://www.freepint.com/issues/180903.htm?FreePint_Session=cb8f500851f0a8dc010740e4d5163c29#tips
[11] http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112535,00.asp
[12] http://news.com.com/2100-1025-5079007.html
[13] http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/librariesstackup.pdf
[14] http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/pr-releases?pr=20030917
[15] http://lucia.emeraldinsight.com/vl=10106990/cl=30/nw=1/rpsv/oclc.htm

Best Regards,
Charles

Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library
Planning and Development, University of Houston,
Library Administration, 114 University Libraries,
Houston, TX 77204-2000.  E-mail: cbailey@uh.edu.
Voice: (713) 743-9804.  Fax: (713) 743-9811.
http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/bailey.htm