LOLpols
The other day after ogling cats on I Can Has Cheezburger, I decided to check out the other links. LOLdogs, ho hum, but the political humor one, called Pundit Kitchen had some good stuff.
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stimulated: abortion clinic and war tax resistance
As I wrote in an earlier post, my plan was to donate my "economic stimulus payment" on fighting government aggression. Eric and I ended up supporting National War Tax Resistance, and thanks to Miriam's suggestion to fund reproductive rights. We chose the Jackson Women's Health Organization.
for the first time in my life I'm proud of Laura Bush
Probably one or two librarians were excited to see one of our ranks in the White House, even as the spouse of the president. In fact, American Libraries had her on its cover, calling her the First Librarian, and featured a mostly apolitical interview with her a few months ago. Me, not so excited.
Free and Open Source Software for Librarians program at LACUNY
Free and Open Source Software for Librarians
with Scott Dexter and Samir Chopra, authors of the book Decoding Liberation: The Promise of Free and Open Source Software and Associate Professors of Computer and Information Science at Brooklyn College
Thursday, July 10 @ 10:30 am
New York City College of Technology (City Tech) Faculty Lounge
Atrium 632 300 Jay St., Brooklyn
LC Weekly Lists 20-23
My picks for LC's new subject headings from May 14-June 4. Highlights include CUTTING (SELF-MUTILATION) and EASTERN FILBERT BLIGHT suggested during the the Radical Reference LCSH Blog-a-Thon.
LC: please give me reproductive rights
In trying to catalog the zine Reproductive Autonomy: Crossing the Species Border, I discovered that the Library of Congress does not have a subject heading for REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. MESH does, but LC doesn't.
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welcome to the world: processing nyc blog
This new blog by Jillian Cuellar, the project archivist for the New York Chamber of Commerce records at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University, promises some geeky archively goodness.
NYC Bicycle Route Mapping
My last two posts were really long. This one will be short. Ride the City = Awesome!
future of libraries: men in suits
When I see library programs with male heavy/corporate/administrator compositions I get a little outraged. At ALA this year, the Office for Internet Technology Policy is hosting a just such a panel discussion, called What is the Future of Libaries?.
I have nothing against any of the participants personally. In fact I've seen a couple of them speak and was very impressed. It's the line-up all together that bothers me, especially in the context of library futurism. Personally I want nothing to do with a future that is defined or molded by what these seven people represent as a whole.