putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999
A few posts made it to the Council list today about the USA PATRIOT Act compromises that are being hammererd out in Congress. First, this post that comes from ALA’s Washington Office details the state of the version of the bill that is currently being discussed for reauthorization. ALA opposes this version of the legislation.
Karen Schneider posts more links that include summaries from other sources such as the Washington Post and the ACLU.
Gary Price has a new job as the Director of Online Information Resources for Ask Jeeves. Part of his new job is going to include outreach to librarians and educators. Hot damn. [stuff]
How I wish there was a Creative Commons license on this book cover image of The Five Laws of Library Science posted to Flickr by the Tutt Library.
I can blog about how cool libraries are — even for tech nerds like me — until I’m blue in the face, but once sexy web hipster destinations like Lifehacker catch on to libraries excellentness, well, all I can do is comment.
ALA’s Office for Technology Policy has their programmming for ALA Annual in New Orleans scheduled already. If you have a particular love of copyright issues, you may want to go to some of these events.
Best Practices in Digital Reference: Copyright, Licensing, and Privacy Guidelines (Linda Arret)
Sunday, June 25 8-10am
The Long Tail: The Internet, Culture, and the Mega-Store (Nancy Kranich)
Monday, June 26 10:30-12noon
Copyright 101: Everything You Wanted to Know about Copyright But Were Afraid to Ask (CAC, CAN, COL-IP)
Monday, June 26 1:30-3:30
Ray Patterson Copyright Award and Reception (CAN, CAC, OITP)
Monday, June 26 4-5:30pm
ACRL’s Copyright Program: Copyrights and Licensing Wrongs (as an FYI)
Sunday, June 25 10:30-12noon