Against the machine (book review)
Just noting a book review in First Monday, of Lee Siegel’s Against the machine: Being human in the age of electronic media. According to the review, this book is a … Read more Against the machine (book review)
Obama’s letter on the EPA
President-elect Obama’s letter declaring intentions regarding the EPA, including EPA libraries: October 20, 2008 John Gage National President American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO 80 F Street, NW Washington, DC … Read more Obama’s letter on the EPA
Add a little magic to your holidays…
What’s that under the tree?? It’s a little magic, from Litwin Books and Library Juice Press… … Read more Add a little magic to your holidays…
Forthcoming Books
Coming in the next six of months from Library Juice Press: Information and Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship, by Shiraz Durrani Speaking of Information: The Library … Read more Forthcoming Books
OCLC Powergrab?
I have not been following this, but apparently OCLC has issued proposed new policy guidelines that would allow it to claim ownership of its catalog records, with serious consequences for … Read more OCLC Powergrab?
Talk about government transparency and sunshine
It’s a new dawn in more ways than one. One of the things I hated most about the Bush administration, from a librarian’s point of view, was their ever increasing … Read more Talk about government transparency and sunshine
There goes a failure in life
A friend of mine reported a Rodney Dangerfield moment to me yesterday, and it was something that I think I can relate to. This friend is a middle aged male … Read more There goes a failure in life
The Ethics of Information Organization – Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
The Ethics of Information Organization – Conference Announcement and Call for Papers May 22-23, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Information organization (IO), like other major functions of the information profession, faces … Read more The Ethics of Information Organization – Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
Archives of Dissent – video of conference
From Lincoln Cushing to the PLG list: The “Archives of Dissent” panel held at U.C. Berkeley 9/18/2008 can now be seen on YouTube: It includes presentations by: • Julie Herrada, … Read more Archives of Dissent – video of conference
Call for papers: Media in Transition 6: stone and papyrus, storage and transmission
Media in Transition 6: stone and papyrus, storage and transmission International Conference April 24-26, 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology CALL FOR PAPERS (MIT site) In his seminal essay “The Bias … Read more Call for papers: Media in Transition 6: stone and papyrus, storage and transmission
French Digital Library Portal
Gavin Baker posted yesterday on the Open Access News blog an item on the new portal of the Réseau francophone des bibliothèques nationales numériques [Francophone Network of National Digital Libraries]. … Read more French Digital Library Portal
The Minerva Controversy (Saad Eskander, Iraq National Library)
Minerva Research Initiative: Searching for the Truth or Denying the Iraqis the Rights to Know the Truth? by Saad Eskander, Iraq National Library and Archives “What has prompted me to … Read more The Minerva Controversy (Saad Eskander, Iraq National Library)
LJP at ALA in Chicago next July
Make a note to yourself to mark your 2009 calendar when you buy one: Library Juice Press and Litwin Books will be having a reception during the ALA Annual Conference … Read more LJP at ALA in Chicago next July
Bibliographic and Web Tools for Alternative Media
For many years Byron Anderson has been producing a bibliography of tools for helping librarians attend to the alternative press. The new edition of his guide is out: Bibliographic and … Read more Bibliographic and Web Tools for Alternative Media
Call for Papers: Mapping the 21st Century Information Landscape: Borders, Bridges and Byways
Canadian Association for Information Science: Call for Papers The Canadian Association for Information Science invites abstract submissions for its 37th Annual Conference, to be held May 28-30, 2009 at Carleton … Read more Call for Papers: Mapping the 21st Century Information Landscape: Borders, Bridges and Byways
Call for Papers: The Society for Textual Scholarship
CALL FOR PAPERS The Society for Textual Scholarship Fourteenth Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference March 18-21, 2009, New York University Program Co-Chairs: Andrew Stauffer, Boston University [astauff@bu.edu]; John Young, Marshall University … Read more Call for Papers: The Society for Textual Scholarship
Call for Papers: Digital Labour: Workers, Authors, Citizens
Call for Papers Digital Labour: Workers, Authors, Citizens. A conference hosted by the Digital Labour Group (DLG), Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, October 16-18, 2009, … Read more Call for Papers: Digital Labour: Workers, Authors, Citizens
Wikipedia and what we mean by truth
Simson Garfinkel has an article in the new issue of MIT’s Technology Review about Wikipedia, arguing that it is creating troubling implications for the way we view reality: Wikipedia and … Read more Wikipedia and what we mean by truth
MediaLens on journalism’s filtering system in action
MediaLens is a UK organization dedicated to raising awareness of the way the media system distorts reality as a result of the forces of free-market capitalism. Their analysis of things … Read more MediaLens on journalism’s filtering system in action