The Library has appointed an acting Register of Copyrights (that is, head of the U.S. Copyright Office), Maria Pallante, beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Read more about the appointment here.
Today is one of my favorite days of the year, because it is one of the most compelling versions of “show and tell” anyone will ever get to see! Every year for the past few years, thanks to the generosity of the late Mrs. Jefferson Patterson and the James Madison Council, the Library of Congress’s …
There has been a bit of a blogospheric brouhaha over what the Library of Congress charges to make its entire Copyright database available (see here and here, for example)?enough so that we have now put out this statement: Regarding Pricing on Bulk Access to Copyright Cataloging Information Recent questions and concerns have arisen regarding the …