Comments on: you’ve tried COPA, now how about DOPA?

By: Dooce and BlogHer « MaisonBisson.com

Dooce and BlogHer « MaisonBisson.com — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:55:23 +0000

[...] Anyway. The BlogHer conference just wrapped up, but as Ryan notes, I don’t know of any library folk who attended. Still, Marianne Richmond is on-blog raising our awareness of DOPA just like a lot of librarians are trying to do. Meanwhile, over at Dooce I found the kind of smart, funny writing that I expected from Bob’s recommendation. [...]

By: Dooce and BlogHer « MaisonBisson.com

Dooce and BlogHer « MaisonBisson.com — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:55:23 +0000

By: DOPA, Social Software, and Libraries « MaisonBisson.com

DOPA, Social Software, and Libraries « MaisonBisson.com — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:57:59 +0000

[...] I’m more than a month late to this bandwagon, but whatever. Jessamyn alerted me to DOPA, the proposed Deleting Online Predators Act. What’s the point? When conservatives pit FUD against free speech, reasonable people would do well to pay attention. And what’s social software? Take a look at what Meredith Farkas has to say about it. [...]

By: Free Range Librarian

Free Range Librarian — Sat, 13 May 2006 16:06:28 +0000

Rope-a-DOPA: Time for ALA to Show Its Stuff

The irrepressible education advocate Andy Carvin has a great summary of DOPA, which is federalese for “Scared of MySpace.” Like CIPA, the Deleting Online Predators Act is FUD-riddled, flag-waving legislation, this time built on the dubious premise th…

By: Meg'n

Meg'n — Fri, 12 May 2006 14:29:57 +0000

One of the reasons I wanted to be a librarian was to help people access the information they want or need. Now I feel like my job is playing information cop, and as much as I still love most of the aspects of my job, I find I’m looking ahead and considering leaving the field for something 1) where I don’t have to tell people they aren’t allowed to do something because someone else thinks it might be dangerous/annoying/morally wrong/fun, and 2) where they’ll pay me a living wage.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 11 May 2006 21:55:11 +0000

The paranoia about blogging and social sites is infuriating. I’m a school librarian and our school filters block most of these sites (not all, though – it’s very inconsistent). The filters are not very bright, so some genuinely offensive sites get through while these are blocked. I am realistic enough to know that the kids do use MySpace, etc, when they are out of school – so the in school block simply deprives them of a place to use it where they will have some supervision. It makes me nervous to put myself in a position where I am seen as responsible for what they do online, but since many parents are unwilling / unable to supervise them I think school libraries do have some responsibility to keep them informed. I’d rather have kids using MySpace and LiveJournal in my library, where I have the opprtunity to educate them about internet safety and engage with them about their internet use. Such blanket bans would certainly be insane.

Meredith Farkas has a good post today on the positive ways libraries can use social netowrking sites, if you haven’t already seen it.

By: Liz Ditz

Liz Ditz — Thu, 11 May 2006 21:48:54 +0000

Sorry, “Suburban Agenda”

By: Liz Ditz

Liz Ditz — Thu, 11 May 2006 21:48:26 +0000

DOPA is step one in the “Suburband Agena” which has other issues of interest to teachers and librarians. Description here:

http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2006/05/quick_call_your.html