

Everybody's Libraries

Everybody's Libraries
Libraries for everyone, by everyone, shared with everyone, about everything
	From our subjects to yours (and vice versa)
(TL;DR: I&#8217;m starting to implement services and publish data to support searching across library collections that use customized subject headings, such as the increasingly-adopted substitutes for LCSH terms like &#8220;Illegal aliens&#8221;. Read on for what I&#8217;m doing, why, and where &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;
	Everybody&#8217;s Library Questions: Finding films in the public domain
Welcome to another installment of Everybody&#8217;s Library Questions, where I give answers to questions people ask me (in comments or email) that seem to be useful for general consumption. Before I start, though, I want to put in a plug &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;
	Build a better registry: My intended comments to the Library of Congress on the next Register of Copyrights
The Library of Congress is seeking public input on abilities and priorities desired for the next Register of Copyrights, who heads the Copyright Office, a department within the Library of Congress.  The deadline for comments as I write this is &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;
	Welcome to everybody&#8217;s online libraries
As coronavirus infections spread throughout the world, lots of people are staying home to slow down the spread and save lives.  In the US, many universities, schools, and libraries have closed their doors.  (Here&#8217;s what happening at the library where &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;
	Public Domain Day 2020: Coming Around Again
I&#8217;m very happy for 2020 to be arriving.  As the start of the 2020s, it represents a new decade in which we can have a fresh start, and hope to make better decisions and have better outcomes than some of &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;
	2020 vision #5: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
It&#8217;s only a few hours from the new year where I write this, but before I ring in the new year, and a new year&#8217;s worth of public domain material, I&#8217;d like to put in a request for what music &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;
	2020 vision #4: Ding Dong Merrily on High by George Ratcliffe Woodward and others
It&#8217;s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas everywhere I go.  The library where I work had its holiday party earlier this week, where I joined librarian colleagues singing Christmas, Hanukkah, and winter-themed songs in a pick-up chorus.  Radio stations &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;
	2020 vision #3: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
&#8220;Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes&#8211;the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters.&#8221; Sanger Rainsford speaks these words at the start of &#8220;The Most Dangerous Game&#8221;, one of the most famous short &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;
	2020 vision #2: When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne
I mentioned in my previous post that I was looking forward to works entering the public domain in the US as a routine annual event. This coming January 1, we&#8217;ll have the second large expiration of copyrights in the US &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;
	2020 vision #1: Opportunity
In just thirty days from when this post appears, a new crop of works will join the public domain. Exactly what will come out of copyright will vary by country.  In Europe and other places with &#8220;life+70 years&#8221; copyright terms, &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;