It is the first day of the Spring semester and of course we are getting the usual questions about textbooks and students forgetting their computer passwords. Kate Wiggins joined the reference staff at the NJIT Library. We all wish her the best as she starts her new position. I remember that I was anxious when I first came to NJIT.
There is an article in the New York Times about the proposed Research Works Act backed by the Association of American Publishers. It would forbid the NIH to require that its grantees provide copies of the papers they publish in peer-reviewed journals to the library. It seems to be a battle in the war between subscription based journals and the open access movement.
In protest of the proposed anti-piracy act the English version of the Wikipedia is down today. However, I was told that the iPhone version of the Wikipedia is working.
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