Those smarties at MIT are finding ways to share music without either breaking the law or paying through the nose for individual copies of all the music. The secret? Cable TV. Meet LAMP the Libraries Access to Music Project. [nyt, thanks lisa]
Author: jessamyn
shut up and what?
As per usual, it’s good to remember that not all patrons appreciate our anti-PATRIOT Acts. In fact some don’t even seem to understand what we do for a living….
Okay librarians, let’s get this straight. You stack books in a building for a living. Are we clear? You run books under that beeping thing and give them to those of us who are too cheap to buy them in stores. You are not arbiters of free speech, the Constitution or our freaking civil rights. [stuff]
even more tools for the disabled
Illinois libraries serving the visually disabled are testing out a new virtual reference service for the visually impaired called InfoEyes. [lisnews]
zoom!
Guess which profession gets the fewest speeding tickets, after homemakers?
hi
Hi. I’ll be speaking at the New Hampshire Library Association Conference next week, something about the PATRIOT Act, libraries and CIPA. Still working on it.