Now that’s Library PR
Marin County’s free weekly paper, The Pacific Sun, published a feature article in its last issue about the Marin County Free Library and the broader Marin County consortium of libraries, … Read more Now that’s Library PR
Category: April 2007
SRRT’s counterparts in education – current controversy
In the area of education research and accreditation standards for primary and secondary education, there is presently a big controversy that parallels SRRT’s fight for social responsibilities in libraries. NCATE, … Read more SRRT’s counterparts in education – current controversy
Hameeda Al-Bassam
Hameeda Al-Bassam is an Iraqi librarian, a woman who is physically disabled as a result of the violence in Iraq. She operates a small, private library in service to intellectuals … Read more Hameeda Al-Bassam
Amusing correspondence
The following is a brief email correspondence that I found amusing. I’m withholding the name and email address of the person who contacted me at Library Juice Press…. I recently … Read more Amusing correspondence
Radical and Progressive Library and Information Site Search
Paul Catherall of Information for Social Change has created a Google-based web search that searches websites from the international library left. Try the Radical and Progressive Library and Information Site … Read more Radical and Progressive Library and Information Site Search
Rory Litwin joins ISC editorial board
Continuing in a self-congratulatory mode, I am proud to announce that I have joined the editorial board of Information for Social Change, the UK-based collective and semi-annual journal. ISC is … Read more Rory Litwin joins ISC editorial board
Guantanamo secrecy through plea-bargains
Another example of the Bush Administration’s information evil. Marjorie Heins has some commentary on the Free Expression Policy Project’s website about Guantanamo prisoners’ recantations of abuse charges in exchange for … Read more Guantanamo secrecy through plea-bargains
LJP books at Powell’s
I am very proud to report that all four books presently in print from Library Juice Press are on sale at Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon, and through the Powells.com … Read more LJP books at Powell’s
Reed Elsevier and arms trade
There is unavoidably a moral dimension to business decisions. To make decisions that work from a practical standpoint we constantly make compromises with humanistic and environmental ideals. It is difficult … Read more Reed Elsevier and arms trade
Postal Rate Hike would hurt independent publishers
Media critic and theorist Robert McChesney is spearheading the campaign against the postal rate hike, which has Time Warner and other major magazine publishers’ money behind it. This is from … Read more Postal Rate Hike would hurt independent publishers
Al Kagan, letter to IFLA Journal on Freedom of the Press, Social Responsibility and the Danish Cartoons
From Al Kagan: One of my colleagues here has encouraged me to distribute this letter more widely, so here it is. It appears in the latest issue of the IFLA … Read more Al Kagan, letter to IFLA Journal on Freedom of the Press, Social Responsibility and the Danish Cartoons
Frankentoons back online
For several years I hosted Joel Kahn’s “Frankentoons,” a fun fair-use protest site, on Libr.org, and took it down due to a change in my hosting situation. I just received … Read more Frankentoons back online
Kathleen de la Peña McCook wins Florida Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Kathleen de la Peña McCook has just received the Florida Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is presented to a librarian whose distinguished record of professional achievements and accomplishments … Read more Kathleen de la Peña McCook wins Florida Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Brief observation about anti-intellectualism
Anti-intellectualism must be at its peak. Nerdy glasses are in fashion; I hope they promise a recovery of intellectual values in the post-Bush years. Regarding the thinking of anti-intellectuals… They … Read more Brief observation about anti-intellectualism
Fighting the Bush Doctrine of Disinformation is a Librarian’s Mandate
I urge everybody to read Kathleen de la Peña McCook’s post on her main blog, Fighting the Bush Doctrine of Disinformation is a Librarian’s Mandate. She hits the nail on … Read more Fighting the Bush Doctrine of Disinformation is a Librarian’s Mandate
The Librarian Act of 2007
Text from the ALA campaign for this legislation: Next week, to celebrate National Library Week, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) plans to introduce the Librarian Act of 2007. The Librarian Act … Read more The Librarian Act of 2007
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)
Kurt Vonnegut died last night, at the age of 84. At one point he wrote, “Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just … Read more Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)
Forthcoming from Library Juice Press: Shiraz Durrani
Forthcoming from Library Juice Press Information and liberation: Writings on the politics of information and librarianship By Shiraz Durrani Information and liberation is a retrospective collection of Shiraz Durrani’s articles … Read more Forthcoming from Library Juice Press: Shiraz Durrani
SRRT Newsletter – call for contributions
Erik Estep, SRRT Newsletter editor, has asked me to post this call for contributions…. Fellow SRRTers: I hope everyone is having a nice spring. The deadline for submissions for the … Read more SRRT Newsletter – call for contributions
Chip Ward on homeless people and libraries
Tom Englehardt (Tomdispatch.com) has posted an article by Chip Ward about the homeless problem and libraries. Chip Ward is the retired director of the Salt Lake City Public Library. (Is … Read more Chip Ward on homeless people and libraries