Comments on: Discovering the Undiscovered Public Domain

By: ResearchBuzz » » ResearchBuzz Roundup 060708

ResearchBuzz » » ResearchBuzz Roundup 060708 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:06:29 +0000

[...] Discovering the Undiscovered Public Domain. [...]

By: hangingtogether.org » Blog Archive » Making progress on orphaned works

hangingtogether.org » Blog Archive » Making progress on orphaned works — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:17:48 +0000

[...] Wilkin wrote a long and interesting post on the University of Michigan’s efforts to identify works out of copyright from the pool of [...]

By: jpwilkin

jpwilkin — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:46:24 +0000

I had some very encouraging conversations with IMLS. A key element for them is the opportunity to leverage private sector investment in digitization (Google, in this case), thus amplifying their impact.

By: jpwilkin

jpwilkin — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:43:55 +0000

Hard to say, and though that’s the most likely possibility, I have to say that I’m skeptical. While few libraries will be comprehensive, a large research library like ours will be more comprehensive for US pubs. Even if selectivity were the source of the bias, I’d be surprised if selection could skew things this much. Perhaps time will tell.

By: Buzzy

Buzzy — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:39:40 +0000

Have you gotten a feeling for how amenable IMLS seems to such a proposal? While certainly a funder of great things, IMLS as an organization seems rather conservative in the programs they’ll fund. The state libraries to which IMLS distributes funds seem a lot more innovative – and more willing to take risks.

By: Buzzy

Buzzy — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:37:14 +0000

Could those different percentages arise from the self-selecting pool that is a library’s collection? After all, with limited budgets, librarians presumably chose books deemed influential or useful enough to be added to UM’s collection.