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Hoy y mañana tiene lugar en Buenos Aires, Centro Metropolitano de Diseño (Villarino 2498), la Conferencia Editorial organizada por Opción Libros. Este es el programa:

JUEVES 9

10.30 hs.
Lo que el futuro no se llevará: mitos y realidades del desafío digital
Roberto Igarza

12.00 hs.
Cómo vender millones de e-books. El caso Barnes&Noble
Patricia Arancibia (Barnes & Noble, Estados Unidos)

13.30 hs.
Receso

14.30 hs.
Presentaciones de casos
- Editorial Manoescrita: realidad aumentada en libros infantiles, junto a The pool Argentina.
- Librería Paidós: sistema de venta de e-books en librerías junto a Bibliográfika

16.00 hs.
La industria editorial española frente al desafío digital
Antonio María Ávila (Federación de Gremios de Editores de España)

Educación y cultura digital: el desafío editorial ante un nuevo paradigma
María Florencia Ripani (Ministerio de Educación del GCBA)

16.40 hs.
La producción de materiales para la integración curricular de las TICs. Su aplicación en el aula
Herminia Azinian

17.30 a 19.00 hs.
Taller de redes sociales para editoriales y librerías
Lanzallamas, con casos de Marea Editorial, Librería Eterna Cadencia y Editorial Autores de Argentina.

Escritura y edición en y a través de la web. Literatura y redes sociales
Hernán Vanoli y Violeta Gorodischer (Editorial Tamarisco)

VIERNES 10/9

10.00 hs.
La revolución digital y la bibliodiversidad
Octavio Kulesz

11.30 hs.
Bailar con la más fea. O cómo los ignorados metadatos salvarán a la industria editorial
Julieta Lionetti

13.00 hs.
Receso

14.00 hs.
Presentaciones de casos
- Editorial Moebius: aplicaciones para I Phone y I Pad, junto a Moosgo.
- Editorial Nobuko: la transición a un catálogo digitalizado
- Leerlibroslibres.com.ar: libros de cultura, arte, tecnología y diseño bajo licencias compartida

Mesa redonda: El rol de las cámaras en la generación de políticas públicas hacia el sector
Antonio María Ávila (Federación de Gremios de Editores de España), Javier López Llovet (CAP), Martín Gremmerspacher (CAL), Marcelo Berstein (CAPLA). Modera: Horacio Zambra.

15.00 hs.
Demostración: Haciendo un e-book en vivo.
Dotzero y Bibliográfika.

16.00 hs.
Mesa: El libro y los derechos de autor en el mundo digital
Gerardo Filippelli (CADRA) y Ariel Vercelli (investigador del CONICET).

18.00 a 20.00 hs.
Jam de escritura y cocktail de cierre.
Escriben: Juan Terranova y Julián Urman. Musicaliza: Pedro De Matteis.
¿Qué es el jam de escritura?

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Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library is recruiting an Electronic Resources Librarian. Salary range: $40,000-$49,000.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

This new position will activate and manage access to a wide range of licensed electronic resources such as databases, journals, and books. The position will also serve as the go-to person for all library staff for resolving problems related to access. Other responsibilities include supervising one full-time staff member; maintaining the Innovative Interfaces Web Access Management (WAM) table and WebBridge link resolver, and EBSCO's ERM Essentials; collecting and tracking usage data; database administration; coordinating tasks related to e-resources among all the various constituents; and working collaboratively within the Western North Carolina Library Network on e-resources issues.

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Established in 1997, the National Library of Australia's PADI subject gateway, which has over 3,000 resources on more than 60 topics, will be shut down at the end of this year.

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

As is to be expected with any portal to Web based documents maintenance of web links becomes progressively more demanding over time. Websites are redesigned, migrated to new platforms, URL’s are changed, projects and their websites cease, so called persistent identifiers are not, and even when web documents or pages are archived in a web archive, questions arise as to which version of an archived page to link to (which date or even which archive as copies may be held in multiple web archives with different levels of completeness). The current structure of PADI requires the Library to commit around 0.5 of a fulltime staff member to locate, describe and enter links to new information sources and to maintain links to existing resources. Although originally conceived as a cooperative contribution model, increasingly the burden of adding material to PADI has fallen to the NLA as input from elsewhere has almost ceased.

The information-seeking and information-providing mechanisms of a community also change over time. After reviewing the gateway service the Library has concluded that the existing website, database and list no longer meet the current needs and that the Library’s resources are best invested elsewhere. While there may be more efficient ways of building a service like PADI today, using Web 2.0 tools, the Library is unable to make the investment in converting the existing service.

Reluctantly—because we still find PADI useful ourselves—we believe we cannot sustain PADI, and have decided to cease maintaining it.

A copy of the website has been archived in PANDORA, Australia’s Web Archive. The existing live website will remain available until the end of 2010; however no new resources have been added since the start of July 2010 and the existing links will not be actively managed. The archives of the padiforum-l list will continue to be available, however no new postings will be accepted from 30 September 2010.

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The Indiana University Kokomo Library is recruiting a Digital User Experience Librarian.

Here's an excerpt from the ad:

The Digital User Experience Librarian will take a leadership role in the continued development of the electronic resources collection and the Library’s Web presence in order to provide support for the teaching, learning, and research needs of our users. This work will include acquiring and providing access to electronic resources, and incorporating appropriate Web-based tools to support our users' information to knowledge experience. The position also includes some reference desk work.

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The Office of Digital Humanities at the National Endowment for the Humanities has released Summary Findings of NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants (2007–2010) .

Here's an excerpt:

The bulk of this summary report reflects work done by the NEH's Kathy Toavs who got in touch with 51 of the project directors from the first two years of the program (2007 and 2008). We chose just the first two years because we wanted to talk to project directors who had concluded their work to find out more about outcomes. Kathy provides an overview of her research including a thorough discussion of the many publications, conferences, Web sites, and software tools that emerged from the first two years of the SUG program [Start-Up Grant program]. She also asked the project directors for their feedback on the program and Kathy provides an excellent summary of their thoughts.

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• Digital Libraries and Europe http://icio.us/ykth44 #
• EU Parliament Rejects ACTA: Will It Matter? http://icio.us/mqt2ox #
• German Court Rules against Google in Copyright Case http://icio.us/iwphgr #
• Institutional Repositories and Digital Preservation http://icio.us/e5jsrx #
• WorldCat.org Enhancements from Summer 2010 [OCLC] http://icio.us/yqmvau #
• Law Prof as Independent Law Book Publisher: An Interview with Alan Childress, Founder of Quid Pro Books http://icio.us/zmdv1v #
• Information Technology Professional at Michigan State University http://goo.gl/fb/LYCdM #
• Helmholtz Association Signs with SpringerOpen http://goo.gl/fb/iI43Q #
• Humanities Research Associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://goo.gl/fb/TdFIf #
• Data Mash-Ups and the Future of Mapping http://goo.gl/fb/GlAJy #
• Daily Tweets 2010-09-07 http://goo.gl/fb/gMYrH #

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El género de la minificción es cada vez más popular a nivel mundial, a pesar de que no podemos decir que sea un género nuevo. Lo que sí es cierto, es que la tecnología ha influido para que en los últimos años haya habido un auge importante de esta forma de escritura que, quizás por breve parece fácil pero que es una de las más complejas de lograr.

Acá en Papel en Blanco hemos hecho seguimiento a algunos concursos de narrativa breve y ahora queremos referirnos a un evento que llega a su sexta entrega. Se trata del Congreso Internacional de Minificción organizado en Colombia por tres de las principales universidades de ese país (La Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, la Universidad Nacional y la Universidad de Los Andes), el Grupo de investigación en hipermedia, minificción, literatura y lenguaje y el Ministerio de Educación Nacional. Read the rest of this entry »

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Well, all I can say is good for them! They seem to have more respect for an individual’s rights than the US government. Ars Technica reports that the French La Quadrature du Net sees it as a sign that this is the end of ACTA:

“Written Declaration 12 is a strong political signal sent by the EP to the Commission that ACTA is not tolerable as a way of bypassing democratic processes. Legislation related to Internet, freedom of speech and privacy cannot be negotiated in secrecy under the direct influence of entertainment industry lobbies,” said spokesperson Jérémie Zimmermann. “Full rejection of ACTA is the only option.”

Here is the full text of the non-binding declaration:

pursuant to Rule 123 of the Rules of Procedure

on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content

Françoise Castex, Zuzana Roithová, Alexander Alvaro, Stavros Lambrinidis

Lapse date: 17.6.2010

Written declaration on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content

The European Parliament,

– having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas negotiations concerning the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are ongoing,
B. whereas Parliament’s co-decision role in commercial matters and its access to negotiation documents are guaranteed by the Lisbon Treaty,
1. Takes the view that the proposed agreement should not indirectly impose harmonisation of EU copyright, patent or trademark law, and that the principle of subsidiarity should be respected;
2. Declares that the Commission should immediately make all documents related to the ongoing negotiations publicly available;
3. Takes the view that the proposed agreement should not force limitations upon judicial due process or weaken fundamental rights such as freedom of expression and the right to privacy;
4. Stresses that economic and innovation risks must be evaluated prior to introducing criminal sanctions where civil measures are already in place;
5. Takes the view that internet service providers should not bear liability for the data they transmit or host through their services to an extent that would necessitate prior surveillance or filtering of such data;
6. Points out that any measure aimed at strengthening powers of cross-border inspection and seizure of goods should not harm global access to legal, affordable and safe medicines;
7. Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the Commission, the Council and the parliaments of the Member States.

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