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The article highlights the author's favorite open search tools for finding open arts and humanities content. Topics discussed include the JURN search tool, which discovers the full text of open journals in the arts and humanities; the sister tool of JURN called GRAFT, which searches the world's academic repositories, and the extremely poor semantic interpretation of queries resulting in subsequent slowing down of Paperity, a multidisciplinary aggregator of OA journals and papers.

The article presents the discussion on reflects on the turbulent 1960s, highlighting significant events and cultural shifts, with a focus on the enduring impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Topics include key historical moments leading up to the Act, resources commemorating its legacy, and influential civil rights leaders.

The article provides information on the Copyright Act of 1976, cases of copyright infringement and the meaning of fair use under the 17 U.S. Code Sections 107 and 108. Topics discussed include the possible use of some parts of a copyrighted work without the owner's permission under the fair use clause, factors to consider to determine the fair use of a copyrighted work, and the lack of accountability of libraries for users making copies in excess of fair use.

The article offers information on the copyright and trademark laws offering that protection on a variety of things. Topics discussed include Most people agree that copyright protection is a good thing and to be protected, creators have to register their works with the U.S. Copyright Office; and also discusses about the sound of license as most people have little trouble believing that slogans or catchphrases.

Information is presented about the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) 2012 World Library and Information Congress held in Helsinki, Finland. The conference's theme of "Libraries Now! Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering" was portrayed through keynote addresses on topics including the destruction of cultural heritage around the world, the role of libraries in building national identity, and the influence of technology firm Google.

This section offers news briefs on the information industry as of April 2011. Wiley-Blackwell is teaming up with the British Educational Research Association to publish the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET). Cengage Learning's Gale joined scholars from the Economics for Equity and Environment on a series of essays and bibliographies on environmental topics geared toward a collegiate audience. McGraw-Hill Education acquired private software company Bookette, known for its smart-scoring engine that evaluates high volumes of student writing.

The article offers information on the PDA (Personal digital archiving) 2016 conference which was held from May 12–14, 2016 at the University of Michigan. It states that the topics were changing the practice and purpose of oral history with technology, Audio and video content poses challenges to archivists and communities are interested in documenting lives of their members. It mentions that attendees include director of University of Kentucky Doug Boyd and founder of Shorefront Dino Robinson.

The article provides information on several information products and services, including the Wiley Open Access publishing program by John Wiley & Sons Inc., the EasyBib Library Edition service by EasyBib.com and the digital archive British Literary Manuscripts Online, Medieval and Renaissance, by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience on a trip from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego and mentions Stacey Lapp of Stratford Public Library and discovered a map of genetic patterns of earliest settlers of the Americas.

The article focuses on libraries and its problems and the gifting economy. It states that gifting economy comprises non-capital-intensive community solutions, lower capital costs, and decreased risk and libraries have been leading gifting economy across the planet for millennia. It mentions that libraries are ideal resources to deploy limited community data to address real-world problems and public library has offered an open door to community members to share solutions to community problems.

The article mentions several information products including an online legal research platform from Bloomberg Law, video collection "Classical Music in Video" from Alexander Street Press, and SwetsWise 5.7 statistical platform from Swets.

Comments on the announcement of Grove's Dictionaries, Inc. that its `The Dictionary of Art,' a comprehensive art historical reference work, will become available online as a subscription service. Editor of the Grove Dictionary of Art Online; Scholars involved in the reference work; Consideration of the range of the dictionary and the World Wide Web; Ability to cross reference, move through full text, and conduct searches with ease; Grove's entry into a partnership with the Bridgman Art Library.

The article presents two examples featured in the Adam Matthew's collections including a series of Camp Coffe produced in 1876 and Elbridge A. Burbank's portrait of Gi-aum-e Hon-o-me-tah, daughter of a Kiowa chief.