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: Web culture
The politics of openness
First Monday’s current issue is about the openness movement, including open access publishing, open source software development, and information projects with distributed authorship. One article is especially interesting: Sandra Braman’s … Read more The politics of openness
Contact your Senators about DOPA
Urgent message from the ALA Washington Office: On Wednesday, July 28, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the amended H.R. 5319, the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), by a vote … Read more Contact your Senators about DOPA
DOPA Resolution
The Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) would deny E-Rate funds to libraries that do not block whatever social networking sites and chat services the FCC puts on a “bad” list. … Read more DOPA Resolution
Wikipedia and Why Librarians Make Good Wikipedia Contributors
I’ve recently gotten into Wikipedia as a contributor, as Jessamyn West noted recently. She encouraged me to start editing articles during the ALA Midwinter Meeting back in January, but I … Read more Wikipedia and Why Librarians Make Good Wikipedia Contributors
Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past
Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past, by Roy Rosenzweig, originally published in The Journal of American History Volume 93, Number 1 (June, 2006): 117-46, … Read more Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past
Barbara Fister on Library 2.0 and the culture of reading
Check out Barbara Fister’s thoughts on Library 2.0 and the culture of reading in her posting on the ACRL blog. She refers and links to a discussion in the mainstream … Read more Barbara Fister on Library 2.0 and the culture of reading
A Library 2.0 skeptic’s reading list
Steve Lawson at See Also, which is an interesting blog, has created an informative Reading list for Library 2.0 skeptics.
The Central Problem of Library 2.0: Privacy
Library 2.0 is a powerful idea that finds itself in an awkward predicament. It is an idea that has emerged out of what amounts to a separate discourse within librarianship, … Read more The Central Problem of Library 2.0: Privacy
New Management over at LibrarianActivist
Danielle Dennie found new hands to take over the LibrarianActivist blog. They’re also Canadian – recent grads of the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. Here is the announcement. … Read more New Management over at LibrarianActivist
Print virtue and the ontology of the Bo-ring
Here’s a riddle: What does the musical interval of a fifth have to do with discussions of multiple literacies, the millenials, and Marshall McLuhan’s predicted decline of print literacy and … Read more Print virtue and the ontology of the Bo-ring
Geeks and Nerds Battle for the Soul of Librarianship
Perhaps the most pressing issue facing librarianship is one that is unlikely to receive serious scholarly attention. It is, to put it simply, a battle presently being fought between two … Read more Geeks and Nerds Battle for the Soul of Librarianship
Librarian Activist blog looking for a new blogger
The person behind the LibrarianActivist.org blog (whom I have communicated with by email but who blogs anonymously) has stopped blogging and is looking for someone to take over the project. … Read more Librarian Activist blog looking for a new blogger
Questioning the Techie Mission
Now that I’ve officially had my blog for almost month, I can reflect a little bit. Things might still change, but I have to confess that at the moment I … Read more Questioning the Techie Mission
Information Literacy versus “The Librarian’s Stamp of Approval”
Ten years ago, in the Spring of 1996, I was learning of my acceptance to library school and introducing myself to the world-expanding wonders of the internet. (I intend that … Read more Information Literacy versus “The Librarian’s Stamp of Approval”