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Bad maps, mushrooms and the Shallows

Posted on June 15, 2010 by madlib

I am in New Orleans for the Special Libraries Association’s Annual Meeting. One of the things I’m looking forward to (besides the food and seeing old friends, of course) is hearing the remarks of keynote speaker Nicholas Carr.  Carr has … Continue reading →

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Choose Privacy!

Posted on May 4, 2010 by madlib

It’s Choose Privacy Week. And despite the sentiments of one or two CEOs, privacy is not dead and IS worth fighting for. Even if your library isn’t having any special privacy-related events, consider going to the Privacy Revolution site on … Continue reading →

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An Earth Day Message

Posted on April 22, 2010 by madlib

Since the picture was taken with my underfeatured Motorola cellphone (i.e. not good with night shots), here’s what the message said: FOR EARTH DAY … TRY THE REVOLUTIONARY, USER-FRIENDLY, POWER-FREE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL UNIT PORTABLE, NO BATTERIES, CORDLESS EASY ON THE … Continue reading →

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Twitter, LoC and Social Media Privacy

Posted on April 21, 2010 by madlib

If you have a Twitter account and are fairly active on the micro-blogging service, you’ve likely heard the news: That’s right. Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter’s inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. … Continue reading →

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FOIA dashboard

Posted on April 13, 2010 by madlib

A very good idea … U.S. Justice Department to Create Online FOIA ‘Report Card’ The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will create a Web site that compares 92 federal agencies’ compliance with the Freedom of Information Act — in hopes … Continue reading →

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Why DRM bites graphics

Posted on March 3, 2010 by madlib

There is so much to keep track of on Twitter (I’m @miss_eli, btw), but this managed to get caught in the filter. An infographic explaining why using pirated movie content can be preferable to authorized content (i.e. DVDs) showed up … Continue reading →

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6 Years Later

Posted on January 15, 2010 by madlib

To start this, I am going to be entirely self-serving by quoting myself: California has a large, well-organized state library, which maintains a catalog of material that the state has published, with information on how it can be accessed by … Continue reading →

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Happy World Fair Use Day!

Posted on January 12, 2010 by madlib

It’s the 1st Annual World Fair Use Day. May it be the first of many …

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CLA Resolution on USA PATRIOT Act

Posted on October 14, 2009 by madlib

Released yesterday: October 13, 2009 ‚Ä¢ SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Library Association (CLA) has just announced a resolution calling on Congress to dramatically revise the up-for-renewal USA PATRIOT Act, passed hurriedly in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks. Librarians … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 2, 2009 by madlib

From Kumar Percy Jayasuriya of Georgetown Law Library via GOVDOC-L: You may have heard that some law librarians have drafted a petition to ask the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to enhance the search features of PACER (the database … Continue reading →

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