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.
Month: November 2003
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]
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.