PLG endorses the Iraq Moratorium
The Progressive Librarians Guild has endorsed the Iraq Moratorium, an organized method of protest for the third Friday of each month.
Coming up from Library Juice Press
Library Juice Press has a number of book projects forthcoming in the Winter and Spring. Coming up soonest are these two: Mrs. Magavero: A History Based on the Career of … Read more Coming up from Library Juice Press
No intellectual freedom in U.S. prison chapel libraries
The New York Tims has a story dated yesterday about a change dictated from the top in the libraries of U.S. Federal Prisons, called the “Standardized Chapel Library Project.” With … Read more No intellectual freedom in U.S. prison chapel libraries
OncologySTAT: end run around objectivity
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a brief news item today about a Reed-Elsevier web portal for oncologists called OncologySTAT, which provides free access to medical research in journals that … Read more OncologySTAT: end run around objectivity
Terje Hillesund on the future of books
The new First Monday has an article by Terje Hillesund that’s worth reading if you’re interested in the question of the future of the book: Reading Books in the Digital … Read more Terje Hillesund on the future of books
Libr.org Cafe Press
Somebody just bought a “Kiss Me I’m a Librarian” thong out of my old Libr.org Cafe Press store, which reminded me that it exists. The shop has got t-shirts, coffee … Read more Libr.org Cafe Press
Civallero and Plaza
Don’t let the everyday name fool you, Edgardo Civallero and Sara Plaza’s blog, The Log of a Librarian, an English translation of their Spanish language blog from Argentina, is full … Read more Civallero and Plaza
Are we the friendly produce consultants of the information age?
After offering reference help to a student the other day and having it refused, I had what I can only call an evil thought. I’d like to share this evil … Read more Are we the friendly produce consultants of the information age?
Jean-Yves Mollier on Google Print and Europe’s response
French historian Jean-Yves Mollier is happy with neither Google nor with Europe’s plans to counter Google’s anglo-american hegemony with digitized libraries of its own. Here is a translation of the … Read more Jean-Yves Mollier on Google Print and Europe’s response
Progressive Archivists Meeting at SAA
There will be a meeting of the Progressive Archivists on Friday, September 1, 2007, Noon – 1:00PM, at the Annual Society of American Archivists meeting, at the Fairmont Hotel, 200 … Read more Progressive Archivists Meeting at SAA
New journal: Information, Society and Justice
Information, Society and Justice an inter-disciplinary electronic journal (website under construction) Information, Society and Justice is a peer-review, open-access electronic journal based in the Department of Applied Social Sciences (DASS) … Read more New journal: Information, Society and Justice
PLG Report from the U.S. Social Forum
The Progressive Librarians Guild had representatives at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta in March, in partnership with representatives from Radical Reference. Elaine Harger and Kathleen de la Peña McCook … Read more PLG Report from the U.S. Social Forum
Wikipedia Scanner
One nice thing about true open source software, especially when it’s running a huge website like Wikipedia, is that creative programmers can make useful add-ons to it. Wired Magazine (which … Read more Wikipedia Scanner
Two minor correctives and one broadside on Library 2.0 madness
First, two new ethnographic studies of undergraduate research habits, each offering a corrective to assumptions at the foundation of Library 2.0 thinking: Anthropologist Nancy Foster led a study at the … Read more Two minor correctives and one broadside on Library 2.0 madness
San Francisco libraries have become neighborhood best-sellers
Here’s some great library PR from regular San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius. It’s an example of the kind of newspaper coverage that I think we mostly want.
The Response of Socially Aware Librarians to National Crisis…
Kathleen de la Peña McCook just pointed me to a very interesting Master’s Thesis by Carla Valetich: The Response of Socially Aware Librarians to National Crisis: A Case Study of … Read more The Response of Socially Aware Librarians to National Crisis…
Martha Yee on abdication in cataloging
A short essay by Martha Yee titled “Will The Response Of The Library Profession To The Internet Be Self-Immolation?” has been circulating in the cataloging blogosphere. I found it rather … Read more Martha Yee on abdication in cataloging
A note on library “traditionalism”
First of all, this post is inspired by a new Facebook group called “Zero Based Library School,” which derives from an analogy to Zero Based Budgeting, where nothing is carried … Read more A note on library “traditionalism”
Strike at the Vancouver (BC) Public Library
I refer you to Kathleen de la Pe?±a McCook’s Union Librarian blog for the best ongoing coverage of the strike at the Vancouver Public Library (outside of the union’s own … Read more Strike at the Vancouver (BC) Public Library
French podcast on libraries
Readers who speak French, you probably already know you are favored here. So for your special benefit, here is a link to a very enjoyable podcast from the radio show … Read more French podcast on libraries