librarian.net » wikileaks http://www.librarian.net putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:37:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Why the Library of Congress Is Blocking Wikileaks http://www.librarian.net/stax/3395/why-the-library-of-congress-is-blocking-wikileaks/ http://www.librarian.net/stax/3395/why-the-library-of-congress-is-blocking-wikileaks/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:31:54 +0000 jessamyn http://www.librarian.net/?p=3395 I’m not totally comfortable with Library of Congress specifically blocking access to Wikileaks for staff and patrons at the Library of Congress as confirmed on Talking Points Memo. Here is the LoC blog’s response which refers to the same statement they are giving to reporters and the press. The situation is, of course, quite complicated but I find this to be an odd precedent that makes me a little itchy.

]]> http://www.librarian.net/stax/3395/why-the-library-of-congress-is-blocking-wikileaks/feed/ 8 SirsiDynix Corp lobby paper against Open Source technologies http://www.librarian.net/stax/3063/sirsidynix-corp-lobby-paper-against-open-source-technologies/ http://www.librarian.net/stax/3063/sirsidynix-corp-lobby-paper-against-open-source-technologies/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:36:35 +0000 jessamyn http://www.librarian.net/stax/3063/sirsidynix-corp-restricted-lobby-paper-against-open-source-technologies/ Interesting thing in my inbox today from WikiLeaks. Read it and see what you think about it. Any SirsiDynix customers actually receive this and want to go on the record about it? From the WikiLeaks page:
This document was released only to a select number of existing customers of the company SirsiDynix, a proprietary library automation software vendor. It has not been released more broadly specifically because of the misinformation about open source software and possible libel per se against certain competitors contained therein.

SirsiDynix is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with one of the largest public libraries in the U.S. (Queens Borough, NY) and this document does illustrate the less-than-ethical nature of this company.

The source states that the document should be leaked so that everyone can see to what extent SirsiDynix will attempt to spread falsehoods and smear open source and the proponents of open source.

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