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Digital Commons @Um Law: A Presentation For Nellco, Pamela Bluh
Digital Commons @Um Law: A Presentation For Nellco, Pamela Bluh
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Making Waves: Technical Services Past, Present, And Future, Pamela Bluh
Making Waves: Technical Services Past, Present, And Future, Pamela Bluh
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"This Page Intentionally Blank" - Writing The Next Chapter In The Future Of The Federal Depository Library Program, Bill Sleeman
"This Page Intentionally Blank" - Writing The Next Chapter In The Future Of The Federal Depository Library Program, Bill Sleeman
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The Ownership Delusion: When Law Libraries "Buy" Electronic Documents, Are They Getting More, Or Simply Paying More?, Simon Canick
The Ownership Delusion: When Law Libraries "Buy" Electronic Documents, Are They Getting More, Or Simply Paying More?, Simon Canick
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This article explores the issues surrounding electronic document ownership in academic libraries. It discusses the guidelines of AALL with regard to licensing electronic materials, and how it measures up to what vendors are willing to offer. The author takes a critical stance on who benefits from the electronic document ownership agreements.
Reclaiming Egalitarianism In The Political Theory Of Campaign Finance Reform, Frank Pasquale
Reclaiming Egalitarianism In The Political Theory Of Campaign Finance Reform, Frank Pasquale
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Recent advocacy for campaign finance reform has been based on an ideal of the democratic process which is unrealistic and unhelpful. Scholars should instead return to its egalitarian roots. This article examines how deliberative democratic theory became the main justification for campaign finance reform. It exposes the shortcomings of this deliberativist detour and instead models campaign spending as an effort to commodify issue-salience. Given this dominant function of money in politics, a more effective paradigm for reform is equalizing influence. Advocates of campaign regulation should return to the original principles of reformers; not an idealized vision of the democratic process, …