Data Smog
Kim Leeder at Envirolibrarian has a brief review of the 1997 book by David Shenk, Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut, which says that the amount of information easily available … Read more Data Smog
Category: Books
Dr. Toni Samek profiled in U. of Alberta article about teacher-librarian crisis
The University of Alberta’s Express News today features an article titled “Librarians are freedom fighters, says author,” about professor Toni Samek and her recent advocacy of school librarianship in Alberta. … Read more Dr. Toni Samek profiled in U. of Alberta article about teacher-librarian crisis
Vamos a Cuba update
The Dade County, FL, school board’s attempt to ban Vamos a Cuba, the children’s book that local Cuban expatriats complain paints too rosy a picture of life in the socialist … Read more Vamos a Cuba update
Resources for the Alternative Press
Students of media consolidation and market censorship are well aware of the importance of small, independent and alternative publishers in providing balanced viewpoints in libraries. In our practice as librarians … Read more Resources for the Alternative Press
if:Book – Google and the myth of universal knowledge: a view from Europe
Interesting post in if:Book, about the new book coming out in France, Quand Google d?ɬ©fie l’Europe : plaidoyer pour un sursaut, by Jean-No?ɬ´l Jeanneney. Jeanneny, who is the director of … Read more if:Book – Google and the myth of universal knowledge: a view from Europe
Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards
The Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards were announced in late April of this year. The award is described thusly: “The Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards are given annually to the … Read more Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards
2006 IPPY Awards
“The ‘IPPY’ Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. Established as the first awards … Read more 2006 IPPY Awards
Book Authors in the Sidebar
I decided to do something a little different with the blog. Let me know if you have seen this elsewhere. In my right-hand sidebar I’ve added a section of book … Read more Book Authors in the Sidebar
The Death of the Author, as a Business Model
Interesting story behind Harvard student-author Kaavya Viswanathan, the one whose hit novel turned out to be somewhat plagiarized… She was working for (or with?) a company called Alloy Entertainment, which … Read more The Death of the Author, as a Business Model
New book on market censorship
Censoring Culture: Contemporary Threats to Free Expression, edited by Robert Atkins and Svetlana Mintcheva and just coming out from The New Press, is about a range of new and subtle … Read more New book on market censorship
Reference Book Reviews
I have another bloggish project that I have kept somewhat under wraps, but which friends have been encouraging me to share more widely. Since mid-June of 2005 I’ve been writing … Read more Reference Book Reviews