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SULAIR NEWS – November 28, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Kiosk Images
- ***Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. Kiosk Images
RISC is working with Academic Computing to make sure that the kiosk images meet the needs of our patrons. Surajit Bose's staff is updating the images quarterly. If you have any suggestions for the images, please send those to me (kkerns@stanford.edu) and I will forward them to the group.
The kiosk image is set up to block pop-ups, but if there are some databases and sites that need to allow pop-ups, they can put them on the allowed list for the browsers. Please send me your suggestions for that list, as well. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.
--submitted by Kathy Kerns
2. ***Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: I have a poem, originally written in the 19th Century, but not
published until the 1970s. I want to use it in a publication of my own.
Do I need permission, if it's a 19th Century poem, and, if I do, how do
I find the current holder of copyright?
Answer: The published version is plainly still under international copyright,
just given the date of the 1970s. I assume that it was from a
manuscript. The fact that the manuscript was produced in the 19th
century doesn't affect copyright of a published version. So, if you
want to reprint this, then the particular publisher of the version you
wish to use would be the point of appeal. This would be the case,
unless the particular volume you are using lists a particular copyright
holder, such as an editor, etc. You should look at the volume carefully
to make sure that isn't the case.
The best way to track a publisher is usually through the International ISBN Agency, which publishes a Directory each year.
This tells you, one, if a publisher still exists, or, two, if it
doesn't, who picked up their copy. Sometimes you need to track a
publisher's name back through earlier editions to find a point of
absorption.
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/node/312
To contribute to the Reference Question of the Week feature of SULAIR News, submit your question and answer through the SULAIR News online submission form at: http://sulairnews.stanford.edu/issues/submit/submit.jsp.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
3. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has the following new position this week:
CourseWork Senior Developer
(# 28243)
For a complete description of open positions within SULAIR, go to the Stanford Jobs page and type University Libraries in the Job Search box at the bottom of the page.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
SULAIR News is an electronic publication of Stanford University
Libraries and Academic Information Resources issued weekly. Copy deadline is
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Editor: Eleanor Brown, Eleanor.Brown@stanford.edu
