I’m giving a talk partially on the PATRIOT Act this week so forgive me if I’m a bit free and easy with these links. Apparently the US Government has started a website called Life and Liberty whose main purpose appears to be to defend the PATRIOT Act, slam the ACLU and — I am not kidding — talk trash about liberals. This will be my response to library patrons who ask why their tax dollars are going to books like Daddy’s Roomate… because my tax dollars go to crap like this. [unpatrioticact lj]
Author: jessamyn
happy birthday to youuuuuuu
Crap. I forgot the PATRIOT Act’s birthday. In celebration, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee has sponsored a “Rename the PATRIOT Act” contest. Here are the winners.
hi
Hi. I am starting to make my ALA plans for San Diego. I’m staying with the fantabulous Laura Hudson who is able to use the words “radical” and “usability” together in a paper title. Fred from the Info Commons blog and I are planning some sort of bloggish get-together, leave a comment there if you’ll be there and would like to hang out.
bibliotech — the webzine
New addition to the library school link list: BiblioTech [just a working title]. Welcome!
from the other side
Some quotes taken out of context to attempt to strengthen the right’s argument against librarians who oppose the PATRIOT Act. Barbara Boxer, for instance, is quoted as saying the PATRIOT Act was a “good balance” but omits that she was one of the Senators responsible for introducing the Library and Bookseller Protection Act this past Summer. [thanks michael]