Access Copyright (The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency) and Creative Commons Canada, in partnership with Creative Commons Corp. and the Wikimedia Foundation, invite Canada’s library community to help us test the Canadian Public Domain Registry beta website.

The ground-breaking project – the most comprehensive of its kind in Canada – will create an online, globally searchable catalogue of published Canadian literary works. The Registry’s integrated rights calculator allows users to automatically determine each work’s copyright status on an evolving basis. The Registry will also link to digital versions of the work and provide information about where a paper-copy can be purchased, when available.

In essence, we’re building a public domain library and that’s why we need you (Canada’s librarians) to help test our beta website and ensure the Registry is ready for the public-at-large. We also invite leaders in the library community to get involved with charting a course for its future. Any amount of participation is helpful and welcome. Please contact us now, we will reply with further instructions, directions to the beta test website and the secret password.

What: Canadian Public Domain Registry beta test
When: October 15 - December 15, 2008
Who: The Canadian Library community
Where: Contact marcus@creativecommons.ca for details

You’re invited to an island-wide, year-long birthday celebration! Visit Anne2008 for information about Anne, L.M. Montgomery and Prince Edward Island. You can even download colouring bookss for the kids!

7TH ANNUAL FREE SOFTWARE AND OPEN SOURCE SYMPOSIUM

October 23 - 24, 2008
Seneca@York Campus, Toronto

BE AN AGENT FOR CHANGE.

FSOSS brings together top developers, leaders, and thinkers to discuss open source issues, learn new technologies and promote the use of free and open source software. Join us to help change the way we work, play, and learn.

This year’s list of presenters includes:
Mark Pilgrim (Google), Paul Frields (Fedora Project), Lawrence Mandell (IBM/Eclipse), David Fewer (Canadian Software Innovation Alliance), Marcus Bornfreund (CC Canada) and more.

For more information and to register today, go to http://www.fsoss.ca
Early-bird discounts apply until October 8.

Making Music 3 with the NFB

Come and make your short experimental film with the NFB!

Are you a filmmaker or a musician? Do you have some experience making films or music? Are you ready to collaborate, think outside the box, unleash your creativity and redefine what films about music are supposed to be? Join the NFB in Making Music 3!

Don’t miss their free events on October 5th and 30th. Submission deadline is November 10th.

For details: click this PDF, visit the Facebook Group: Making Music with the NFB or drop them a line to m.forero@nfb.ca.

See last year’s results at Looking Back to Making Music 2.

EVENTS

OCT 5th - Making Music 3 Launch
WHAT: Master class with experimental filmmaker Jem Cohen. Meet the NFB crew, learn more about the program, watch some previous Making Music films and interact with our special guest.
WHEN: Oct 5th, 2008 @ 3pm
WHERE: The Ukrainian Federation, 5213 Hutchison, Montreal, Quebec, H2V-4B4
HOW MUCH: Free if you RSVP by sending an email to m.forero@nfb.ca or $15 at the door

OCT 30th - Making Music 3 from A-Z
WHAT: Mingle and network with emerging filmmakers and musicians, find a partner to apply to Making Music 3 or just come and learn more about the program.
WHEN: Oct 30th, 2008 @ 7pm-9:30pm
WHERE: Centre St-Ambroise, 5080 St-Ambroise, Montreal, Quebec, H4C-2G1
HOW MUCH: Free!