News and Notes/Nouvelles et Notes

Abstract

Opposition to copyright bill seems to have blindsided Prentice 30 Research hospitals lobby for multi-year funding, national health research framework 30 The Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices 31 Google and other people’s content 31 Copyright debate finds no shortage of missionary zeal 31 The Canadian DMCA: What you can do 32 News publishers push for changes to search engine rules 32 Online library offers 1.5 million works and counting 32 Slow-starting e-books find niche markets 33 Synergies: Building national infrastructure for Canadian scholarly publishing 33 University of Michigan librarian’s new blog defends institution’s deal with Google 33 University library goes digital 34 Canada’s digital info strategy stuck in an analog world 34 Copyright Act key to Canada’s industrial strategy 34 Alternatives to bonuses 35 Internet2 and libraries: serving your communities at the speed of light 35 Open access to research funded by US is at issue 35 Google takes aim at wireless industry with open software alliance 36 Rethinking collections – libraries and librarians in an open age: a theoretical view 36 When Wikipedia is the assignment 36 When is open access not open access? 37 Future reading: digitization and its discontents 37 Canada playing catch-up: Alberta takes Canadian lead in efforts to integrate cyber infrastructure assets 37