Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items)
Internet2–Middleware
Source: OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series
Seminar: “The Golden Age of Plywood”
A seminar presented on September 19, 2003 by Dr. Ken Klingenstein, Director, of the Internet2 Middleware Initiative. From the abstract, “The emergence of middleware infrastructures in higher education, and tools that allow consistent campus implementations to support inter-institutional collaborations. The talk will reference successes to date and identify interesting issues that the progress has uncovered, such as internationalization, managing privacy, accommodating large scale distributed learning communities, and the automation of intuitive concepts.”
Abstract ||| Download Audio of Presentation (MP3)
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Database Legislation–United States
Intellectual Property
Source: U.S. House of Representatives
Prepared Testimony: �Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act of 2003�
The hearing took place last week in DC.
* View the Entire Hearing Online
* Statement Of Congressman John D. Dingell, Ranking Member Committee On Energy And Commerce
* Witness List
* David Carson, General Counsel, Copyright Office of the United States
* Thomas Donohue, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chamber of Commerce
* Keith Kupferschmid, Vice President, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement Software & Information Industry Association on behalf of the Coalition Against Database Piracy
* William Wulf, National Academy of Engineering and Vice Chairman
