LBR110

Week 7

2009-05-01T14:24:00.000-07:00

In Week Seven's lecture we reviewed some legal aspects of the World Wide Web, including copyright. Many people do not realize that information, images, video, artwork, logos and other Web elements are subject to copyright law. In our cut-n-paste society we like to view the internet as one free forum for the exchange of information and a laboratory for collaborative innovation.

Should the World Wide Web be completely unregulated, or should web designers and users be subject to rigid interpretations of copyright law?

Is the Web a forum for creative expression or a means of transmitting information?

Is the current copyright law fair? Do you think the Fair Use doctrine is flexible enough?

Choose one of these topics to begin or participate in a discussion.

Google Book Settlement

2009-04-25T08:46:00.000-07:00

Just in time for our discussion of internet legal issues, Google releases a detailed statement about copyright and Google Books.

Here's an excerpt:

"The agreement also resolves lawsuits that were brought against Google in 2005 by a group of authors and publishers, along with the Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers (AAP). While Google, the Authors Guild and the AAP have disagreed on copyright law, we have always agreed about the importance of creating new ways for users to find books and for authors and publishers to get paid for their works."

Week 6

2009-04-17T12:52:00.001-07:00

Web Pages that Suck.

Hopefully you don't think the newish College Web Page sucks.

Visit the College Website at http://www.nvcc.edu/.

The Week 6 Handout has links to Jakob Nielsen's Design Mistakes and Design Good Deeds. Use at least 5 (FIVE) of Jakob Nielsen's criteria to evaluate the college website.

Post to this forum with five critiques of the college website. Feel free to discuss each other's observations.

A few things...

2009-04-06T18:25:00.000-07:00

A couple of questions have come my way that may be of use to everyone:

1. homework submitted by email. I will respond to each of your emails to let you know I received it and was able to open the attachment. If I don't respond to you, it means I didn't receive a message from you. If you don't hear from me -- please double-check or resubmit.

I will let you know in a few weeks if I'm missing assignments from you.

2. Citations. You've probably noticed that articles from databases like ProQuest or Lexis Nexis have URLs in the browser that seem to be the unique URL for that article (they are usually really long with lots of = or & or $$). Some articles also have a different URL at the bottom of the article itself. Database URLs are not stable -- that means if you copy that URL and paste it into the browser tomorrow, there is no guarantee you'll get to that article again. And the direct URL won't work from off-campus anyway, since the databases authenticate users from the Library Homepage.

So, that means you don't need that entire long URL in the citation. For an article from ProQuest, you can use www.proquest.com in the citation. For Lexis, www.lexisnexis.com etc.

MT

Week 2

2009-03-28T11:29:00.001-07:00

Use this forum to tell us a little about your research background and skills, and to share some of your favorite tools and resources.

What does "research" mean to you?
How have you used the Internet to help you do research?
What kind of research do you normally do (work? school? personal?)
What are some of your favorite search tools?

Week 1

2009-03-11T07:17:00.000-07:00

I would like you to introduce yourself to the group as your first assignment. The purpose of doing so is to introduce yourself so that others can get to know you individually. Compose a short letter that includes the following information:

1. Your background (the kind of work you do, your experience using technology).

2. Career plans or goals that relate to this course, if any.

3. Why you enrolled in this course and what you hope to accomplish with it.

4. A statement about yourself that will help us to remember you from the many other students in the course.

The statement should focus on what is unique about you.

Click on "comments" to leave your reply.Note: if you have a Google/ Blogger ID feel free to use it. Otherwise, click on Anonymous to leave your post -- just be sure to sign it!