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14May04 . . . . Librarians for Peace petition

Also in the libr.org universe, a newish petition to urge the US Government to end the occupation of Iraq.

30Apr04 . . . . well, my work here is done

I'm always embarassed when great content sources somehow escape my notice. Please go bookmark librarianactivist.org, right now.

25Mar04 . . . . keeping current even without a job

New mom Priscilla Shontz has written a great new article for LISCareer: A Librarian without a Library: Staying Professionally Active While Unemployed. Most of her advice is also great for library sfhool students looking at ways to engage with their future profession while still in school.

21Feb04 . . . . minority librarian in residence

Yale has a minority librarian in residence program to try to increase minority representation among Yale library staff. The information page also lists other academic institutions that have similar programs.

29Jan04 . . . . Ken Wilson will send you text-to-speech versions of Gutenberg titles

Ken Wilson is mostly blind but reads via text-to-speech software. He saves copies of the copyright-free books he reads in MP3 format. He offers to make text-to-speech recordings of Gutenberg titles on CD available to anyone who is blind or partially sighted as an MP3 or a wav file, for low or no cost [with donations gratefully accepted].

1Dec03 . . . . archive list

Here is a list of online libraries and archives dealing with HIV/AIDS information.

The Rural AIDS Action Network in Minnesota is launching a Libraries Fight HIV/AIDS campaign in partnership with the MLA today.

Many libraries are hosting exhibits or events for World AIDS Day including: The National Library of Trinidad & Tobago, the Salt Lake City public library, the Maine College of Art library, the Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro Vermont, Novato Public Library in Marin County and the Ames Public Library in Iowa.

And, as some worthwhile related reading if you're not too up on the gay library subculture: "They Sure Got to Prove It on Me": Millennial Thoughts on Gay Archives, Gay Biography, and Gay Library History by James Carmichael from Libraries and Culture.

Without putting too fine a point on recent findings that suggest that, even in urban collections, gay literature and gay studies have received uneven treatment or recent evidence of a backlash against social responsibilities as a part of the librarian mandate, it is probably no exaggeration to claim that gay studies have progressed in spite of librarianship as well as because of it. [pdf]

A South African library association's newsletter asks if librarians are doing enough about the HIV/AIDS pandemic. [pdf]

NYPL does HIV/AIDS technology training workshops at their libraries and have a helpful PDF pathfinder [also in Spanish] for finding AIDS/HIV information online.

2Nov03 . . . . bibliocide?

As I suspected, getting my name in the New York Times has resulted in a lot of friendly mail and link submissions. A few pages I've liked are: Bibliocide, The History of the Wisconsin Library School SLIS, and How Not to Handle a Complaint #1-5 from NHLA.

19Oct03 . . . . book drive

Book drive in Sierra Leone. Can you help refill the shelves of the Kalangba Agricultural Secondary School? More info is here.

5Oct03 . . . . bring a book to work week

I'm not exactly sure when this is happening, but some major employers in the UK are getting together for Bring a Book to Work Week to send books to some of the world's poorest countries. [thanks eoin]