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Georgia State sued over electronic “course packs” by ZDNet 's Christopher Dawson -- The New York Times is reporting that three publishers are suing Georgia State University in what appears to be the first suit of its kind. The publishers allege that electronic compilations of scanned materials posted on the school website for distribution to students violates “fair use” and requires licensing. Fair use, in copyright terms, allows [...]

SDLN will be performing some network maintenance this coming Wednesday, April 16, beginning at 5 am Mountain Time. While all of SDLN’s servers will still be running, access to the services will be intermittent. The maintenance should be completed within an hour at which time all services will once again be available.

http://worldcat.org/toolbars/ This Facebook Application gives you access to WorldCat searches and user-created lists from personalized pages within your Facebook account. The application includes a Home screen with WorldCat search box, as well as quick links to WorldCat searches based on topics listed in your Facebook profile as personal interests. The application also includes: a built-in advanced WorldCat search a panel that allows you to invite other Facebook friends to install WorldCat a "Something to Read" panel that displays books recently added to WorldCat lists a "Favorite WorldCat Lists" panel where you can track your own lists or those of other WorldCat users

The South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) has provided funding, system wide, for the purchase of equipment and software to be used for a digitization project. The equipment will be housed in the various regental libraries. We expect hardware to begin arriving soon, and plan to spend the next several months learning to use the equipment and software while we make a master plan for digitization. We already have several smaller projects in mind (some of the items in the campus archives, photos held by the museum, alumni information, etc.) We are soliciting your input as we begin planning for digitization. Do you have documents, photos, video’s etc. that should be preserved for scholars in the future? Does your department or organization have items pertaining to the history of the campus or the area that should be included in our “digital archives?” Items can be digitized and returned to you, or added to the campus archives. To get some idea of what might be done, visit: http://www.li...

Spring Break Library Hours March 15-16 Closed March 17-20 Open 7 AM – 5 PM March 21 Open 7 AM – Noon March 22-23 Closed

Friday, February 15, 7 am – 5 pm Saturday, February 16, closed Sunday, February 17, closed Monday, February 18, 4 pm – 12 midnight

Devereaux Library has sent you a link to the SDSMT Library DVDSpot DVD collection. http://www.dvdspot.com/member=SDSMT+Library Track DVDs you Own, Watch, Rent, Loan, Want, or Order. Completely free. Completely online. DVDSpot is an online service that does all of the above, PLUS allows you to write reviews, share your collection with others, and even invite friends and family over to watch a movie with a unique Movie Night feature. All this is available by signing up for your own personal DVDSpot membership account. http://www.dvdspot.com/