Re: [digital-copyright] RE: Free Harvard eBook??? More info

["Robert Thomas Hayes Link" <rl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Heather:

Are you familiar with the concept of separating content from
presentation? One reason some educators shun PDF for distributing
academic material is precisely that PDF fails this first criterion of
http publishing.

The first link, below, is to the site that introduced me to these
principles in the mid 1990s. The rest are just overkill. rl

http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/

http://universalusability.com/access_by_design/document_structure/separate.ht
ml

http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/contentPresentation-26.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_presentation_and_content



> Hi all,
>
> I simply had to click "add tags to document" to my downloaded copy.
> After
> Adobe adds the tags just save the file and it's searchable.
>
> I agree, it would be helpful if the tagged document could be posted
> online.
>
>
> Heather Matson
> Academic Associate - Course Readings and Copyright
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corbett, Hillary [mailto:h.corbett@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 2:59 PM
> To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [digital-copyright] Re: Free Harvard eBook??? More info
>
> Linda, et al -
>
> I do not believe it was intentional on the part of the book's
> publisher to
> prohibit searching; rather, the PDF was not prepared correctly. It
> gives the
> error message that it can't be OCRed because the document pages
> contain
> renderable text. To fix this problem, save the PDF as a TIFF
> (individual TIFF
> files will be created for each page), then create a new PDF from these
> files.
> You will then be able to perform OCR on the new PDF, creating a file
> that is
> searchable. Perhaps the Berkman folks, if there are any on this list,
> would
> consider replacing the PDF on their site with one that is correctly
> formatted.
>
> HTH,
> Hillary
>
> ......................
> Hillary Corbett
> Scholarly Communication Librarian
> Northeastern University
> v: 617.373.2352
> f: 617.373.5409
> h.corbett@xxxxxxx<mailto:h.corbett@xxxxxxx>
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:04:54 -0400
> To:
> <digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> From: "Madden, Linda" <lmadden@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:lmadden@xxxxxxxxx>>
> Subject: FW: Free Harvard eBook??? More info
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> Copyright for Librarians: the essential handbook can be downloaded
> from
> Harvard's the link in Charles' message below. It is 194 pages and
> reads like a
> textbook. The "Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard
> University"
> and "eifl knowledge without boundaries" are credited on the title
> page. The
> verso says this.
>
> First published in 2012 by EIFL,
> Stichting eIFL.net, Graadt van Roggenweg 340, 353IAH Utrecht, The
> Netherlands
>
> www.eifl.net
>
> This course is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution  licence.
> Librarians and the public at large are encouraged to use, distribute,
> translate, modify, and build upon these materials provided that they
> give EIFL
> and the Berkman Center appropriate credit.
>
> Designed and typeset in 11 on 16 Calluna and Myriad Pro by illuminati,
> Grosmont Cover design by Lucy Morton at illuminati
> www.illuminatibooks.co.uk
>
> I was hoping to have it as a reference to look up questions as they
> arose, but
> the downloaded file is NOT SEARCHABLE!!
>
> Linda Madden
> Interlibrary Loan Supervisor
>
> Mason Library, Keene State College (KNM)
> 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03435-3201
> lmadden@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:lmadden@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:lmadden@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> 603-358-2715
> http://www.keene.edu/library/
>
> ---------------------original message-------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 15:00:13 +0000
>
> To: Karen Brodsky <brodskyk@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:brodskyk@xxxxxxxxxx>>,
>
>
"digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
> <digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>
> From: Charles Wiggins
> <cpwiggins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:cpwiggins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>
> Subject: RE: Free Harvard eBook???
>
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>
> Did the link to the book not come through for you?  It did on my copy
> of the
> post.  Here it is again:
>
> The Creative Commons license statement is on the verso.
>
> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2013/copyright_for_librarians
>
> I personally don't know any more than that.  Just wanted to share.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Charles
>
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