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European Study Tour – Post No. 5
Well Hello! and Goodbye! to Helsinki. The weather is staying with us and the group continues to get along famously. We arrived in Helsinki and we immediately knew we were not in Kobenhavn anymore. We felt special as our coach driver was standing at the gate with a CULC\CBUC sign. We were downtown in 30 […]
CULC/CBUC STUDY TOUR POST NO. 3
Well it began and it has been awesome. If this makes one person jealous then great, all 19 of us will be pleased. As ED I hoped for one “big win” per day. When on Day One somebody says it was already worth every nickel you know things can only get worse. But so far […]
Dispatch from Denmark #2 – Tour Start Date
After months of planning and replanning and correspondence from our global colleagues at the institutions we are visiting the tour is finally about to begin. I think only two people have not yet checked in. We know one is already here, but just can’t find him. He will show. The weather continues to be great […]
CULC/CBUC STUDY TOUR POST NO. 1
The Study Tour particpants are gathering in Copenhagen on a glorious Autumn Scandanavian Day. Tomorrow is the final day of the summer season at the world famous Tivoli Gardens and the first official day/evening of the Tour. Most are arriving tomorrow, but those with travel issues came a day early. Thank you Air Canada and […]
Google Books Settlement Decision
Jefferson, We’ve been waiting over a year for the court to issue a decision regarding the Google Books settlement. We finally got one today, and, unfortunately, the judge declined to approve the settlement. What does this mean? It is clearly disappointing that the settlement – which would have opened up access to millions of out-of-print […]