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Guantanamo secrecy through plea-bargains

April 19, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Another example of the Bush Administration’s information evil. Marjorie Heins has some commentary on the Free Expression Policy Project’s website about Guantanamo prisoners’ recantations of abuse charges in exchange for … Read more Guantanamo secrecy through plea-bargains

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LJP books at Powell’s

April 18, 2007 by RoryLitwin

I am very proud to report that all four books presently in print from Library Juice Press are on sale at Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon, and through the Powells.com … Read more LJP books at Powell’s

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Reed Elsevier and arms trade

April 18, 2007 by RoryLitwin

There is unavoidably a moral dimension to business decisions. To make decisions that work from a practical standpoint we constantly make compromises with humanistic and environmental ideals. It is difficult … Read more Reed Elsevier and arms trade

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Postal Rate Hike would hurt independent publishers

April 17, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Media critic and theorist Robert McChesney is spearheading the campaign against the postal rate hike, which has Time Warner and other major magazine publishers’ money behind it. This is from … Read more Postal Rate Hike would hurt independent publishers

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Al Kagan, letter to IFLA Journal on Freedom of the Press, Social Responsibility and the Danish Cartoons

April 17, 2007 by RoryLitwin

From Al Kagan: One of my colleagues here has encouraged me to distribute this letter more widely, so here it is. It appears in the latest issue of the IFLA … Read more Al Kagan, letter to IFLA Journal on Freedom of the Press, Social Responsibility and the Danish Cartoons

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Frankentoons back online

April 16, 2007 by RoryLitwin

For several years I hosted Joel Kahn’s “Frankentoons,” a fun fair-use protest site, on Libr.org, and took it down due to a change in my hosting situation. I just received … Read more Frankentoons back online

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Kathleen de la Peña McCook wins Florida Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award

April 16, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Kathleen de la Peña McCook has just received the Florida Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is presented to a librarian whose distinguished record of professional achievements and accomplishments … Read more Kathleen de la Peña McCook wins Florida Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award

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Brief observation about anti-intellectualism

April 15, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Anti-intellectualism must be at its peak. Nerdy glasses are in fashion; I hope they promise a recovery of intellectual values in the post-Bush years. Regarding the thinking of anti-intellectuals… They … Read more Brief observation about anti-intellectualism

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Fighting the Bush Doctrine of Disinformation is a Librarian’s Mandate

April 15, 2007 by RoryLitwin

I urge everybody to read Kathleen de la Peña McCook’s post on her main blog, Fighting the Bush Doctrine of Disinformation is a Librarian’s Mandate. She hits the nail on … Read more Fighting the Bush Doctrine of Disinformation is a Librarian’s Mandate

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The Librarian Act of 2007

April 12, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Text from the ALA campaign for this legislation: Next week, to celebrate National Library Week, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) plans to introduce the Librarian Act of 2007. The Librarian Act … Read more The Librarian Act of 2007

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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)

April 12, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Kurt Vonnegut died last night, at the age of 84. At one point he wrote, “Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just … Read more Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)

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Forthcoming from Library Juice Press: Shiraz Durrani

April 8, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Forthcoming from Library Juice Press Information and liberation: Writings on the politics of information and librarianship By Shiraz Durrani Information and liberation is a retrospective collection of Shiraz Durrani’s articles … Read more Forthcoming from Library Juice Press: Shiraz Durrani

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SRRT Newsletter – call for contributions

April 5, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Erik Estep, SRRT Newsletter editor, has asked me to post this call for contributions…. Fellow SRRTers: I hope everyone is having a nice spring. The deadline for submissions for the … Read more SRRT Newsletter – call for contributions

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Chip Ward on homeless people and libraries

April 1, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Tom Englehardt (Tomdispatch.com) has posted an article by Chip Ward about the homeless problem and libraries. Chip Ward is the retired director of the Salt Lake City Public Library. (Is … Read more Chip Ward on homeless people and libraries

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Bibliographic tools for alternative publications

March 31, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Byron Anderson, compiler of Alternative Publishers of Books in North America, does an annual update to his “Bibliographic and Web Tools for Alternative Publications,” a helpful resource also published in … Read more Bibliographic tools for alternative publications

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Yes, you do look like a librarian!

March 29, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Regarding the Facebook group, No, I don’t look like a librarian!…. Yes, you do look like a librarian! I am not joining the group – because I think really I … Read more Yes, you do look like a librarian!

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The Globe-Wernicke Vertical File

March 28, 2007 by RoryLitwin

The Globe-Wernicke Vertical File

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White House using private email to avoid the accountability of a public paper trail

March 26, 2007 by RoryLitwin

This is so f-ing typical of the Bush Administration… White House staffers are using private internet domains for much of their work by email in order to avoid the accountability … Read more White House using private email to avoid the accountability of a public paper trail

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Voices calling for an end to the library listserv

March 26, 2007 by RoryLitwin

I think we will be hearing this idea increasingly over the coming years, that the library listserv should go, and we should switch to web-based forums with RSS-type updates instead. … Read more Voices calling for an end to the library listserv

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Saad Eskander

March 26, 2007 by RoryLitwin

Michael Dowling of the ALA Chapter Relations Office has forwarded to the IFLA list a link to an audio version of a PBS interview with Saad Eskander, the new head … Read more Saad Eskander

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