SLA-SF Intersect Alert, July 27, 2005

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From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 12:47:24 PDT


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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:47:24 -0700
From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org>
Subject: SLA-SF Intersect Alert, July 27, 2005

Library stuff

The International Calendar of Information Science Conferences
http://icisc.neasist.org/

ALA announces new 60-library tour of Abraham Lincoln traveling
exhibition; applications now open
Libraries of all types interested in hosting Forever Free can
download the application and guidelines at
http://www.ala.org/publicprograms or request a copy by sending an
e-mail message to publicprograms@ala.org.

Orwellian

Long Island police asking regular citizens from waiters to landlords
to report signs shown by people they meet
But critics of Operation Safeguard, including civil liberties
advocates, area librarians and some business people, worry that the
program will be difficult to implement, pit
neighbor-against-neighbor, prove invasive and pull innocent people
into its net.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-literr-0724,0,3019629,print.story?coll=ny-entertainment-columnists

US library leader questions Patriot Act
The president of the American Library Association has one word for
the USA Patriot Act's so-called library clause - "Kafkaesque".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421206.htm

Let a Thousand Filters Bloom
Without question, China's Internet filtering regime is "the most
sophisticated effort of its kind in the world," in the words of a
recent report by Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and
Society. The system involves the censorship of Web logs, search
engines, chat rooms and e-mail by "thousands of public and private
personnel." It also involves Microsoft Inc., as Chinese bloggers
discovered last month.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/19/AR2005071901556.html?referrer=emailarticle

Librarians Hit The Books To Oppose County's Ban On Gay-Pride Display
Also Thursday, in an e-mail to its 1,500 members, the Florida Library
Association declared the county off-limits for its members' meetings,
conferences and workshops until the commission rescinds its policy.
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBZF3WUFBE.html

Information Commons

Harry Potter the right to read
How copyright law was used to clamp down on early release
http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=f95face1-6ad5-485b-a5e4-a6a77f5ce935

Creative Commons Humbug
Creative Commons actually seems to be a dangerous system with almost
zero benefits to the public, copyright holders, or those of us who
would like a return to a shorter-length copyright law.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1838244,00.asp

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