Library Stuff

U.S. Courts – “The federal Judiciary’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system has reached the one-million mark in the number of subscribers who have registered since 1991. The total of subscriptions officially topped the one million mark on Friday afternoon, July 31, 2009.”

Publishers Weekly – “In what New York Public Library (NYPL) director David Ferriero called a return to the scene of the “Google smackdown,” the sold-out November 2005 event where the initial lawsuits over Google Book Search were first debated, panelists yesterday took questions from Ferriero and audience members and defended the pending Google Book Search Settlement.”

Telegraph – “Louise Brown, 91, has read up to a dozen books a week since 1946 without incurring a single fine for late returns.”

Sony Electronics Blog – "You said you wanted more books and we heard you. Our free public domain content offering from Google has now surpassed the 1 million title mark." (via)

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The Daily Iowan – “While public libraries throughout the state have banned certain sex offenders from entering their facilities, UI Libraries officials say they have no plans to keep anyone from using their free services. The UI Libraries is exempt from a recently adopted state standard.”