Statement from the ABF (Association des Bibliothécaires de France) and the ACIM (Association pour la coopération des professionnels de l’information musicale) on the attack at the Charlie Hebdo offices… The … Read more Statement from French library associations on the Charlie Hebdo attack
IFLA approved its first Internet Manifesto in 2002. This provided an early recognition of the vital role that the Internet plays in the work of library and information services, and … Read more IFLA Internet Manifesto 2014
IRIE Call for Papers on Global Citizenship Guest Editor: Jared Bielby, Univ. of Alberta, Canada: bielby@ualberta.ca Globalization via the digital age is upon us, demanding a new ethics and an … Read more IRIE Call for Papers on Global Citizenship
Readers may know Naomi House as the founder and manager of INALJ.com (I Need a Library Job). I follow what Naomi is doing, and recently noticed that she is behind … Read more Interview with Naomi House about T160K
Here’s the press release for the latest project from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine, and we are looking for librarians and their friends to get involved! —- This winter, Librarians … Read more Librarians and Archivists with Palestine launches “One Book, Many Communities: Mornings in Jenin”
In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union Participation in Canada Editors: Jennifer Dekker and Mary Kandiuk Price: $40.00 Published: October 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-62-8 With a focus on Canada, this … Read more In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union Participation in Canada
Last summer I went with a delegation of information workers to Israel/Palestine. As our post-trip solidarity statement said: We bore witness to the destruction and appropriation of information, and the … Read more Librarians and Archivists with Palestine Launches Solidarity Network
Japanese translation of Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays from Progressive Librarian. Translation published by the Kyoto University Graduate School of Education. ISBN 978-4-8204-1308-0.
Librarians and Archivists to Palestine has just published a post-delegation statement (reproduced in full below). The statement has also been posted on the widely-read Middle East website Mondoweiss, where there … Read more Solidarity Statement from Librarians and Archivists to Palestine
Librarians and Archivists to Palestine is underway! The first of its kind, this delegation is 16 information workers from the West who are spending time in Israel and the occupied … Read more Librarians and Archivists to Palestine Are on the Move
Import of the Archive: U.S. Colonial Rule of the Philippines and the Making of American Archival History Author: Cheryl Beredo Price: $25.00 Published: June 2013 ISBN: 978-1-936117-72-7 Printed on acid-free … Read more New Book: Import of the Archive
Recommended to anyone interested in archives and the cultural record: the documentary now streaming on Netflix called The Mexican Suitcase. It’s about the recovery of a cache of photographic negatives … Read more The Mexican Suitcase
Letter from the CILIP International Library and Information Group: Dear Colleagues, In the interest of international cooperation and experience-sharing, I would like to invite you to join the Hosts Directory … Read more International Librarians’ Hosts Directory
Interesting article from The Moscow News this week about the women behind the great men of Russian literary history. The author claims that creative partnership between writers prior to women’s … Read more The women behind Russia’s literary greats
Call for Papers for Forthcoming Book: In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union Participation in Canada EDITORS: Jennifer Dekker, University of Ottawa (jdekker@uottawa.ca) Mary Kandiuk, York University (mkandiuk@yorku.ca) PUBLISHER: … Read more Call for Papers for Forthcoming Book: In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union Participation in Canada
As I mentioned at the end of my post about the most recent session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, I’ve been helping plan a delegation of librarians and archivists … Read more Librarians and Archivists to Palestine: Summer 2013
The fourth session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) took place in New York City two weekends ago. According to an info sheet in the program folder, it was … Read more Documentation and Narratives
This is a couple of months old now but has just reached my attention. It is a statement from IFLA, cosigned by some of its member associations, including ALA and … Read more New international trade agreements undermining copyright balance
I won’t comment much on this except to speculate that this may be an example of a state of affairs in journalism where reporters are making sloppy mistakes because the … Read more Sloppy reporting on Saudi “City for Women”
Take note of this outrageous situation at the Canadian Library Association conference yesterday. Librarians opposing cuts to the Canadian National Library and Archives were ejected from the conference by force … Read more Censorship at Canadian Library Association Conference – Librarians Expelled by Security Guards for Leafletting