In a ruling celebrated by fair-use advocates, text-mining scholars, and librarians, a federal judge ruled that Google's use of copyrighted works in its Google Books program counts as fair use, and he dismissed a lawsuit originally brought by authors and publishers groups in 2005. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
Journalism
“Frankenstein’s Manuscript Draws Its First Breath Online”
The free-to-all Shelley-Godwin Archive makes its debut by posting facsimiles and transcripts of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" notebooks. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Senator Demands Explanations From Humanities Endowment”
Sen. Jeff Sessions, the senior Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, wants the National Endowment for the Humanities to explain its peer-review process and the grants it makes to support its Muslim Journeys program and courses that investigate the Big Questions. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Frustrations Mount for Humanities Researchers”
They're not as hard hit as scientists who've had to shut down labs and Antarctic research projects, but researchers in the humanities and social sciences have encountered problems too: delayed grant payments, derailed research trips, and other hassles. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“After One Week, Federal Shutdown Is Already Taking a Toll on Higher Ed”
A week into the shutdown, academe starts to feel the effects. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
