E-Lert # 327 / Cyberavis no. 327
Friday May 22, 2009 / le vendredi
22 mai 2009
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NEWS / NOUVELLES
Canada's former chief librarian and archivist
joins University of Waterloo on Stratford Institute
May 20, 2009
Canada's former chief librarian and archivist, Ian E. Wilson, will help
guide development of the University of Waterloo Stratford Institute, an
undertaking supported by the City of Stratford, the Ministry of Research
and Innovation, Industry Canada and Open Text. The institute is one of
two hubs within the Canadian Digital Media Network. The network was established
earlier this year with $10.7 million in federal funding to link Canada's
digital media clusters from coast to coast, creating a digital convergence
corridor enabling collaboration between researchers, implementers and entrepreneurs.*
http://newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca/news.php?id=5072
International Publishers and Librarians Agree to Enhance The Debate
on Open Access
May 20, 2009
the International Publishers Association, the International Association
of Scientific Technical and Medical (STM) Publishers, and the International
Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) issued a joint statement calling for
a more rational, evidence based debate on open access. The statement encourages
experimentation and piloting of new concepts and ideas, while acknowledging
that the differences in the different academic disciplines and publishing
traditions may lead to varied approaches and business models in support
of authors. The joint statement is intended to move the often heated and
polarized debate regarding open access towards more measured and nuanced
discourse.*
http://new.internationalpublishers.org/images/pdf/IndustryPolicy/IFLAIPA/PRs/pr%20on%20open%20access%20statement%2020090505%20_3_.pdf
University of Michigan first
to sign up under Google Books settlement terms
Tom Krazit
CNET News, May 20, 2009
The University of Michigan is the first institution to sign up for participation
in Google's book-scanning project under the terms of Google's proposed
settlement with library groups. The settlement has drawn reported attention
from the government as
well as library groups concerned
with the associated access costs to such a large digital library amassed
by a single company. In exchange for participating in the project, Google
plans to subsidize the cost of the university's subscription to the digital
library. The University has negotiated the right for future participants
to review the cost of the institutional subscriptions over time.*
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10245611-93.html
A Book Grab by Google
Brewster Kahle
The Washington Post, May 19, 2009
A court in the Southern District of New York will soon make a decision
that could determine our digital future. Google's book search tool has
become a digital bookstore. The settlement outlines business models for
creating and selling electronic editions of books, and selling subscriptions
to Google's new exclusive online library. Whereas the original lawsuit
could have helped define fair use in the digital age, the settlement provides
a new and unsettling form of media consolidation. The settlement would
produce not one but two court-sanctioned monopolies if it is approved.
Google will have permission to bring under its sole control information
that public institutions have made freely accessible for centuries. Google
will be privatizing our libraries.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051802637.html
Carte génétique du Québec - Cartagène
veut recruter 20 000 Québécois de 40 à 69 ans
Le Devoir, 19 mai 2009
La Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ) contactera
des milliers de Québécois de 40 à 69 ans pour les
inciter à participer à un projet de recherche destiné à dresser
une première carte génétique du Québec. Le
projet «Cartagène» souhaite
réunir 20 000 participants, qui pourront être suivis pendant
plusieurs années, pour obtenir un portrait de l'état évolutif
de la santé de la population du Québec. Le projet représente
des investissements publics de 27 millions sur 10 ans.*
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/05/19/251066.html
Results from publicly funded research should be easy to find on
the Web and free to read
May 18, 2009
A new project group is planning for how Denmark can adhere to the EU policy
of open access to research results from projects partly or fully sponsored
with public funds. The plan will be ready by late 2010. Denmark’s
Electronic Research Library (DEFF) will provide the organizational framework.
DEFF is the result of a collaboration between Danish Ministry of Culture,
Danish Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation.*
http://www.deff.dk/content.aspx?itemguid={604ADF5D-F6E6-4CC9-8E85-D6735D1ADC6D}
La fracture numérique
Fabien Deglise
Le Devoir, 17 mai 2009
En cinq ans, le Canada est passé du 9e au 19e rang mondial
en matière de technologies de l'information et des communications.
Une menace pour le développement du pays. De gagnant à perdant,
le Canada traîne désormais de la patte en matière
de technologies de l'information et des communications. Et il n'est pas
nécessaire d'attendre cinq minutes le téléchargement
d'une page Web sur l'écran microscopique de son téléphone
cellulaire pour s'en rendre compte.*
http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/05/16/250729.html
[Voir aussi, par Fabien Deglise, « Culture et fibre optique
pour aider le Québec à rattraper son retard technologique » : http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/05/21/251351.html]
Economic stimulus boosts University of Calgary building projects
May 15, 2009
Two of the University of Calgary’s top-priority capital projects
have received significant federal and provincial funding as part of their
economic stimulus plans for Alberta and Canada. Federal Environment Minister
Jim Prentice and Calgary Montrose MLA Manmeet Bhullar announced a $113-million
investment in the University’s plan to build an energy-efficient
cogeneration plant and to outfit the Taylor Family Digital Library with
the latest information technology when it launches in 2011.*
http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/may2009/funding-cogen
Sondage : les deux tiers des canadiens sont inquiets des
compressions dans le financement de la recherche
Bulletin ACPPU, mai 2009
Les deux tiers des Canadiens sont inquiets des compressions dans le financement
de la recherche et estiment que le gouvernement ne devrait pas influencer
l’orientation de la recherche, révèle un sondage Harris-Décima
réalisé en avril. Parmi les 67 % de répondants qui
se disent inquiets des compressions pratiquées dans le financement
de la recherche, la moitié d’entre eux déclarent l’être
dans une très large mesure.*
http://www.caut.ca/pages.asp?page=783
ARTICLES
Making way for the mobile decadeMatt Hartley
Globe and Mail, May 21, 2009
If the past 10 years are remembered as the Download Decade, the next 10 are
likely to be known as the mobile decade. Just as the PC brought media
into the home in novel and exciting ways, Web-enabled smart phones such as
Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry devices and Apple Inc.’s iPhone
now allow users to skip the desktop experience and get online content whenever
they want, wherever they want. And it’s not just the smart phones themselves
enabling this new reality, but a host of new applications.*
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/download-decade/making-way-for-the-mobile-decade/article1145617/
Motivating Online Publication of Data
Mark J. Costello
BioScience, Volume 59, Number 5, May 2009
Despite policies and calls for scientists to make their research data available, this is not happening for most environmental- and biodiversity-related data because scientists’ concerns about these efforts have not been sufficiently answered and initiatives to motivate scientists to comply have been inadequate according to Costello. Many of the issues regarding data availability can be addressed if the principles of “publication” rather than “sharing” are applied. However, online data publication systems also require mechanisms for data citation and indices of data access comparable to those for citation systems in print journals.*
Technologie - Internet comme allié des journaux en panne
Bruno Guglielminetti
Le Devoir, 19 mai 2009
Nombreux sont ceux qui montrent Internet du doigt lorsque vient le temps de trouver un coupable pour expliquer tous les malheurs des grands éditeurs de la presse écrite. Une discussion sur la possibilité de regarder Internet et le numérique dans son ensemble comme des alliés aux journaux et aux magazines de papier traditionnel.*
Linked Data is Blooming: Why You Should Care
Richard McManus
ReadWriteWeb, May 18, 2009
Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee gave a talk at
the TED Conference earlier this year, evangelizing on the
benefits of Linked Data. Linked Data, according to Berners-Lee, presents
a sea change akin to the invention of the WWW itself. Berners-Lee is now
crusading for everyone from government departments, to individuals, to
open up their data and put it on the Web - so that others can link to it
and use it.*
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/linked_data_is_blooming_why_you_should_care.php
Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter
May 2009
Some items in the May issue of the LC Digital Preservation Newsletter: Public
Interest in Private Records - an outline of four possible approaches
to creating an environment where companies have incentives to preserve
their records; State Partners Meet - exploring ways in which
a formal national network of digital preservation partners, comprising
government representatives, academic and members of the private sector, might
provide benefits to its members in support for digital preservation
and enhanced access; and World Digital Library Launched.*
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/200905.pdf
RESOURCES / RESSOURCES
Creative Commons : le meilleur des deux mondes ?
Pierre-Yves Thoumsin
Les œuvres de l'esprit font l'objet d'une protection croissante, d'ordre
légal d'une part (durée et étendue), et par le biais de
dispositifs techniques d'autre part. Dans ce contexte, la balance d'intérêts
que devrait favoriser un bon système de propriété littéraire
parait pencher davantage en faveur des auteurs - ou à tout le moins,
de l'industrie du contenu, au détriment du public. Considérant
que la créativité se nourrit de l'usage d'œuvres préexistantes,
mais que la loi et la technique ont créé des barrières à leur
accès, Creative Commons a mis au point une série de licences
gratuites permettant aux auteurs « d'autoriser largement la réutilisation
de leurs œuvres, le partage de celles-ci, ainsi que la création
d'œuvres dérivées ». *
http://www.droit-technologie.org/actuality-1232/creative-commons-le-meilleur-des-deux-mondes.html
Digital Repositories Roadmap: New Review
Rachel Heery
UKOLN and JISC, May 2009
The original Roadmap, published in April 2006, presented a vision for the
role of digital repositories in 2010. Digital Repositories Roadmap Review:
towards a vision for research and learning in 2013 makes a number of recommendations
and identifies milestones of relevance to the wider community that might act
as a measure of progress towards the broader vision of enhanced scholarly communication.*
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/news/get/2009/05/07/digital-repositories-roadmap-rachel-heery-provides-new-review/
Governance and Recordkeeping Around The World
Library and Archives Canada
Published by Library and Archives Canada on a regular basis, free newsletter
explores issues pertaining to government and recordkeeping practices in the
public and private sector. It has been designed to help readers stay up-to-date
with the latest news, events, trends, products and publications in the field
of public administration and recordkeeping.*
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/government/news-events/007001-1000-e.html
British and Irish Sound Archives (BISA)
BISA facilitates the exchange of information on all practical aspects of audio
archiving in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands
and the Isle of Man, and co-ordinates activity deemed by the membership to
be in support of their professional interests. All archives face challenges
preserving audiovisual collections for the long term, and determining how best
to provide access to them. Many media degrade on shelves, while others are
become unplayable due to obsolescence of equipment. British & Irish Sound
Archives (BISA) is a new forum in which to discuss such issues. Membership
is currently free.*
http://www.bisa-web.org/index.php
EVENTS / ÉVÉNEMENTS
People in the Information Profession: Conference 2009
Melbourne, Australia, October 15-16, 2009
The theme of this new conference is reinvigorating the profession and will
include four streams: Seek and Keep (recruitment and retention); GPS to the
Future (planning and forecasting); Got What it Takes? (competencies, career
and talent management); and Leadership Development. It is expected to attract
up to 150 information professionals from all library sectors across Australia,
New Zealand and overseas.*
http://www.caval.edu.au/hrconference.html
*Text adapted from source / Texte adapté de la source
