Audio and video media are becoming an increasingly important part of libraries' online holdings. Distribution may need to be limited to in-library devices or authorized users. The issue isn't basically…
Written by Neil Steinberg and published in the Chicago Sun Times.
So, Michael Rosenblum lives across from a hole and he likes it. He likes it, because that hole, formerly a library, will soon be a condominium. What does Rosenblum's opinion…
Has Edwin Mellen Press set a trend? On the heels of Edwin Mellen Press' lawsuit against librarian, Dale Askey, now OMICS Publishing Group, based in India, is threatening to sue Jeffrey…
Harvard’s Houghton Library — that’s the one with all the serious historical archives — has acquired a mimeographed copy of the Star Trek Guide for writers. This booklet gives insight into how writers were expected to create scripts true to the spirit of the series. For example, Captain Kirk wouldn’t find an attractive crew member to hug in a moment of danger. (He wouldn’t?)
Science fiction culture, at both the professional and fannish level, has produced lots of ephemera, and a number of libraries have made efforts to collect it. SF Fans are a literate and verbose bunch and were engaging in long-distance written discussions before there was an Internet. “Zines” and “APAs” (amateur press associations) carrying news and debates were printed on acid-laden paper and started fading almost before they arrived in the mail.
by Lydia Willoughby, Reference Librarian at Vermont Technical College With recent coverage in Wired Magazine and NYPL's amazing Stereogranmator, as well as social media wading into the animated waters with…
I just wanted to bring a couple of developments to your attention. The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article last week "Herbert Richardson v. the World," which lays out…
You know you've made it when people start copying and parodying you. The question is: who should be flattered, the person or people behind @FakeElsevier or Edwin Mellen Press? Maybe,…
This document is floating around lots of places online, but the one I'd linked to is no longer live. If you are curious about what started this whole Mellendrama (wonderfully…