Comments on: banned books week looks at union issues

By: Els Kushner

Els Kushner — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:59:14 +0000

You shouldn’t have to cross any picket lines, as all the libraries are closed, as far as I know. It’s too bad you won’t get to see Vancouver’s Big Beautiful Downtown Library, which (unlike the Seattle one) *does* use its architecture nicely to make it work for what libraries actually do.

I’m working at a library in suburban Vancouver these days. Drop me a line if you want any info.

By: amazon » Comment on banned books week looks at union issues by » Banned ...

amazon » Comment on banned books week looks at union issues by » Banned ... — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:08:50 +0000

[...] Wil wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...]

By: Violinits.Com » Comment on banned books week looks at union issues by » Banned …

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:53:45 +0000

[...] Thorne and David Mackey wrote an interesting post today on Comment on banned books week looks at union issues by Â» Banned …Here’s a quick [...]

By: » Banned Books Week Dilemma

» Banned Books Week Dilemma — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:35:41 +0000

[...] Sometimes books are challenged. Sometimes they’re just not purchased. Related:A Farmer’s JobEaten Alive BooksNina Katchadourian’s Sorted BooksOur Connected StudentsOverheard In The Library This entry was written by Casey and posted on October 5, 2007 at 10:33 am and filed under Books, Movies, Music with the following tags: . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « Business 2.0 Too Tired? [...]

By: Tara Robertson

Tara Robertson — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:45:14 +0000

the bike strike brigade rides monday-wednesday. they are such an amazing, high spirited group. i'd be happy to lend you my bike if you want to ride with them.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:02:13 +0000

Holy toledo. I will be in Vancouver in early November for digital projects training and had no idea about the strike. Will certainly follow it between now and then. Thanks for mentioning it.

By: Jamie Anderson

Jamie Anderson — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:25:51 +0000

don.saklad you are not making any sense.

By: don.saklad at gmail.com

don.saklad at gmail.com — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:09:33 +0000

Note that banning is the blocking of access to the public information. Too often our favorite cities’ public libraries intellectual freedom activism are enunciated by the same folks banning access to the public institutional records. How ironical !

By: don.saklad at gmail.com

don.saklad at gmail.com — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:06:48 +0000

Collective bargaining labor relations advocates are routinely blocked by our cities’ public libraries from public records of their public institutions contrary to FOI freedom of information public records principles, sunshine open public meetings principles and intellectual freedom principles. Advocacy on this by librarians, archivists and records managers is generally misunderstood. There is a balance of preserving confidentiality and preserving access to the historical public records. Ask for the public records of your favorite cities’ public libraries, annual reports, curatorial reports, long range plans, budgets, reports to the board, et al.

By: Sam King

Sam King — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:53:25 +0000

Thanks for some recognition for the VPL staff. Re: the VPL website you can still get at most of the static pages (eg. http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/general/mission.html ) but the catalogue is down.

Jamie, it’s not an imposed settlement. The mediator is currently coming up with an offer that will hopefully be agreeable to both parties. The union and the library board (or the Library Mannagement Team or city council or mayor Sam Sullivan or the GVRD labour bureau; who is in charge of the library is an issue :P ) will then vote on the offer. The union members are not being forced to accept anything. In fact it looks as if we will get a good deal. Cross your fingers for open libraries in Vancouver next week!

By: » Ditto: Challenging books is not the same as Banning books

» Ditto: Challenging books is not the same as Banning books — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:13:20 +0000

[...] book week. I hate to be yet-another-copy-cat but, I have to simply say, “ditto” to Jessamyn West’s recent post on banned book’s week: Banning books is bad. Challenging books is an exercise in free speech and a totally appropriate [...]

By: Jamie Anderson

Jamie Anderson — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:46:53 +0000

Good to see a shout-out to VPL. Sadly it looks like it will come down to an imposed, not negotiated settlement. And if you can on your way through Vancouver to Access, drop by one of the picket lines (all the libraries are actually closed).