Blogs

Margo Kingston of Webdiary Fame was absolutely astounded this weekend when she read about a case in relation to an Australian blogger who set up a website called "Hunter Holden Sucks:"

'G'day. Here's a successful legal ploy you can expect more of by people with lots of money to use to close down criticism on the web by people with little money. What do you think?' Shutting down blogs: "sucks" and the tort of injurious falsehood

A Good Journalist, like Phillip Adams, isn't hard to find in Australia. In his weekend edition of the Australian newspaper he describes the coldest years of the Cold War and how a certain librarian/archivist has provided him with a file peppered with infomation ...

There's an article about fact checking by a veteran verifier in Bitch magazine.

Aleine DeGraw. "Fact Fiction: Making the Truth Work for Women's Magazines." Summer 2005: 31-33.

LIS Students--how about an internship/fieldwork with Radical Reference?

The NYC collective brainstormed ideas for possible library school internships and came up with

• answer quality control

The meeting was held in the Computer Center at ABC No Rio.

Present: Andrew, Gabe, Jenna, Jonny (plus a significant other or two and some No Rio regulars passing through occasionally: a four year old, her father, and her loud caregiver).

From Library Journal:

The Council of the American Library Association (ALA) has passed a resolution that calls for the withdrawal from Iraq of all U.S. military forces and a return of full sovereignty to the people of Iraq. The resolution passed June 29 during the annual conference of ALA in Chicago. The resolution further urges the U.S. government to switch its budgetary priorities from the occupation of Iraq to the improved support of vital domestic programs and calls upon the government to provide material assistance through the United Nations for the reconstruction of Iraq, including its museums, libraries, schools, and other cultural institutions. The resolution will be sent to all members of Congress, the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, President, and the press. The Council is the governing body of ALA and determines all policies for the association.

I've uploaded the start of the Independent and alternative bookstores list. At the moment it's mostly stores I've been to (see which section has the most entries, guess where I live!) and recommendations from the RadRef list.

Thanks to ChuckO for noticing that Radical Reference is the Counterpunch link of the weekend. Happy In

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Resistance From The Tropics
a south florida invitation to insurgence

Almost 500 years ago European colonizers landed in Florida, becoming its first coastal land speculators.

For those going to Chicago for ALA, check out the "Librarians' Guide to some of Alternative Chicago". There will be maps with it soon. Enjoy, but don't forget to come to the radical reference meeting from 6-9 on saturday at the Chicago Temple.