Intellectual Property- Why should I care?

I recently attended an enlightening workshop: Copyright in a Digital World, which was sponsored by OCLC. Since then, I have done some searching on this topic and found a very good article pertaining to how copyright issues impact the academic world. While intellectual property is a "buzz" topic, it is very real and should be taken very serious!

Here is how one institution addressed a need:

Deyrup, M.M. Intellectual Property and the University: An Interview with Kim Bonner, Director, Center for Intellectual Property, University of Maryland, University College. Library Administration & Management v. 19 no. 1 (Winter 2005) p. 4-6.

Blogs in libraries?

You have got to read these articles. They help explain what blogs can do for you.

Ojala, Marydee. Online.Ownership, Access, Retrieval, and Sharing.Mar/Apr2005, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p5, 1p

SCHMIDT, Aaron.Future-Minded. Library Journal; 3/15/2005 Movers & Shakers, Vol. 130, p8, 1/2p, 1c

Here is a great example of a library blog:

http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com/

Here are a couple of must see blogs:

http://publicmusingsandcomplaints.blogspot.com

http://oyarsa.blogspot.com

What if I don't know how to blog?

No sweat! If I can do it, so can you!

Step 1: Think of a cool, unique, yet obvious name.

Step 2: Once you have your name, you are ready to post. What this means is that you are ready to type something meaningful for the whole world to see.

Step 3: Click on "Publish Post."

Step 4: Click on "Republish Entire Blog."

Step 5: Click on "View Blog" tab at the top of page (or on the small print).

Step 6: Write the url address of your blog down (http://www....blogger.com) .

Step 7: Smile in amazement at what you have done and sign out.

Start your own blog

Come on, don't be scared...
Click on this link and follow the three easy steps to start your own blog.

http://www.blogger.com/start

I must warn you though, this is addicting! I now have two of my own blogs.

For additional help with your blog, or if you want more from your blog, click on this link:

http://www.blogger.com/knowledge/2004/06/this-old-blog.pyra

Intimidated by the rampid technology?

The purpose of this blog is to provide some helpful tips, links, and literature to help bring you up to speed.

Just for starters, look at this link:

http://libraryspot.com/

You will be amazed at the amount of quality information in one site. It is like "one-stop shopping."

Sharon