On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Ivy Anderson, California Digital Library, UCOP, wrote: Stevan, I wanted to post this comment to your OA blog, but the blog’s comment function doesn’t display properly in my browser (whether Firefox or IE). Ivy, Apologies. Now fixed, and comments enabled.  Here is ...

Unfortunately, far too much of what is stated in "coglanglab's" well-meaning blog posting about Conyers' Bill H.R. 801 is simply incorrect, starting with its title:" Congress Considers Killing Open-Access Journals" No, the Conyers Bill H.R. 801 is not considering killing open-access journals; it is ...

Over at Computerworld, Ben Rothke makes the case for “Why Information Must Be Destroyed.”  “Given the vast amount of paper and digital media that amasses over time,” he argues, “effective information destruction policies and practices are now a necessary part of doing ...

And so begins another fight over data retention. As Declan summarizes: Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi access points, even hotels, local coffee shops, and home users, to keep records...

I have been reading Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church by Paul Louis Metzger. It is a very provocative read. Metzger's premise is that white, middle-class, Evangelicals, especially in our pursuit of church growth, have......

...Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. The words of Jesus. Fulfilling the Biblical mandate for Christians to...

...Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. The words of Jesus. Fulfilling the Biblical mandate for Christians to...

The making of New Year’s resolutions can be a complete waste of time. Some goals are cheap or petty, while goals that are worthwhile may be ruined by selfish motives. It seems like many don’t follow through on their commitments much past the first few weeks of January, if they make it th...

One of the major issues that the pro-"Palestine" Arabs and their supporters mention is that "their country" was "taken away" from them. In fact, all of the enlightened persons dealing with the issue of the future of the territory of the Holy Land during and immediately after the First World War, whe...

Dr Leong Tien Fock's paper for NECF Forum VI: TRANSFORM NATION AGENDAis already online for preview. It takes a fresh look at the Great Commission in light of the Creation Mandate and provides a firm biblical-theological basis for what is called "wholistic mission". Here is an excerpt: The eschatolog...