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ISTC and Ur-Texts

Tuesday, I attended a meeting on the International Standard Text Code (ISTC), organized by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) in Manhattan.  The meeting was held in conjunction with the release of a...

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Mandatory Copyright Deposit for Electronic-only Materials

In late February, the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress published a new rule that expands the requirement for the mandatory deposit to include items published in only in digital format.   The...

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When is a new thing a new thing?

I recently gave a presentation at the National Central Library in Taiwan at a symposium on digital publishing and international standards that they hosted. It was a tremendous meeting and I am grateful...

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American National Standard Safety Requirements for Dry Martinis ANSI K100.1-1974

We all realize the critical role that standards play in everyday life, even if we don’t recognize their application in our busy schedules.  This is true even of the most obvious activities.  I expect...

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Why are there so many standards?

One of the most often quipped complaints about standards is that there are so many to choose from.  Standards have a way of proliferating without control, much like summer weeds in the garden. One of...

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Reflecting on Mr. Jobs

I don’t have a cool Steve Jobs story. Just a deep love of the products he and his partners and his teams over the years (who are often disregarded, though no one works alone) created. My first...

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What is a book today?

One sign of the profound implications of some forms for technology are the types of questions that they force one to ask after considering its implications. Last week at the Internet Archive Books in...

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NISO response to the National Science Board on Data Policies

Earlier this month, the National Science Board (NSB) announced it was seeking comments from the public on the report from the Committee on Strategy and Budget Task Force on Data Policies, Digital...

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Introduction to NISO webinar on ebook preservation

Below are my welcoming remarks to the NISO webinar on Heritage Lost?: Ensuring the Preservation of Ebooks on May 23rd. “Good afternoon and welcome to the second part of this NISO Two-Part Webinar on...

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O’Reilly Tools of Change – We Bid you Adieu

Two weeks ago, Tim O’Reilly surprised a large segment of the online publishing world when he announced on the Tools of Change blog that O’Reilly Media would be folding the Tools of Change (TOC)...

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