You HAVE TO go to this talk by Rick and Megan Prelinger, creators of
the Prelinger Library in San Francisco. Theirs is a truly inspiring and thought-provoking story of the creation of a library out of their private collections of books, ephemera, govt documents, etc.
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I learned that this resource from the Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force of SRRT (the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Librarian Association) was just updated.
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You would think this blog entry would be a "Yay! There's an encyclopedia about youth activism--how exciting!" But it's not. This encyclopedia is a big disappointment to me.
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I took a bunch of pictures at the Iron Rail Infoshop. If you were there, you pretty much saw it all, but maybe you'd like a reminder; if you weren't, well, maybe you'd like to see where we had our meeting. |
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FYI: Radical reference iron-on decals are now ready for download. Click on the "volunteer" link above or go directly to the iron-on page. Now you can proudly display the RR colors.
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Hi, I'm now the editor of NYPL's Best of the Web category Media and Communications. I'm just starting, but I was hoping to get some suggestions for links to add, and I know you guys can come up with some good ones. I need both mainstream and alternative resources and websites. Just add the links in a comment. |
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There's finally a page for Radical Reference activities at the ALA Annual Conference 2006 in New Orleans.
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I can't remember where I discovered Minimum Security cartoons, but surely it was from a library list or blog. These two comics will be of particular interest to librarians:
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I just got off the phone with a man who wanted to contribute to the zine collection at Barnard. Before I even heard that he was a nudist and wanted to make an appointment to come view the collection sans clothing,
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That's right, you heard me. Noam Chomsky gave a talk on "Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy" at the US Military Academy at West Point last month.
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