Check out the bookmobilistas
Shinjoung and I just got back from our 2 week tour driving the Internet Archive's bookmobile around Northern CA. We learned tons and talked to lots of folks about copyright/public domain, libraries and...
View ArticleWeeding libraries. Hello, Grisham -- So Long, Hemingway?
Hello, Grisham -- So Long, Hemingway?read more
View ArticleFostering media diversity in libraries
Here at radref, we've been having a discussion about how to get alternative materials into library collections.read more
View ArticleRadical Cataloging
Jessamyn just turned me on to K.R. Roberto's new book, Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front. Go out and buy one for every librarian that you know. Really, do it now!!(admission: I've now added...
View ArticleArchives of dissent, food for thoughts!
(Note: cross-posted on Free Government Information) In September, I had the good fortune to attend a most interesting panel discussion held at UC Berkeley's read more
View ArticleSandy Berman's letters to LC
We're big fans of Sandy Berman. We were all very concerned when we learned a few months ago that Sandy was in a most painful car accident and faced months of painful recuperation. Well, the news got...
View ArticleLibrary service to labor unions (1948)
Shinjoung's working on a paper about the history of labor libraries and libraries supporting labor unions. here's an article from 1948 that I thought folks might want to read.read more
View ArticlePlease join in the discussion re future of libraries
I just wanted to let folks know about the critical discussion on the future of libraries and librarianship going on now at free Government information (FGI). read more
View ArticleQuestion Copyright informational meeting
Shinjoung and I are on the board of Question Copyright, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose goal is to "promote public understanding of the history and effects of cread more
View ArticleBerman's personal LCSH scorecard
I'm really honored to be on the Sandy Berman distro list (for those that don't know Sandy, check out his Web site!) and get nuggets of Bermanabilia almost eread more
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