LIS Skillshare presentations

Presentations from the 11/17/2009 Progressive Librarians Guild - UA Chapter LIS Skillshare are now available:

QUESTION: child abusers

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I was wondering what one can do to get the laws to toughen on children sexual predators and abusers, like how can I help?

QUESTION: how to find news stories about Daytona Beach serial killer and sex workers' response

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In 2006, there was someone who was killing street prostitutes in Daytona Beach, Florida. In response, at least one of the prostitutes (Tanya Richardson) declared that the women on the avenue were arming themselves and were prepared to take care of the killer themselves since the police were doing nothing about the killings.

Where and how would I find news coverage both of the killings and of the sex workers' response (and the outcome, if there was one)?

QUESTION: Technology, class, and resistance

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I'm looking for literature that might answer the following questions:
What are the dimensions of the scientist class/engineering/inventing class? What are the dynamics between this class and other social/economic classes? What have these dimensions and dynamics looked like in different stages of history (i.e. different modes of production)? How have people resisted the imposition of new forms of technology on their way of life? Some topics/sources that have helped me frame my questions are: Technics and Civilization by Lewis Mumford, Machine Dreams by Philip Mirowsi, Thorstein Veblen, Luddites.

QUESTION: precedent for charges against mothers who use drugs while pregnant

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Looking for cases where a mother was charged with reckless endangerment on the grounds that she was using drugs while pregnant, particularly any precedents for this in Massachusetts.

One case is known in MA: Tara Anderson. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/tara_anderson_gets_year_in_jai.html

QUESTION: World Health Organization

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Hi. I'm interested in Web resources on the connection between the World Health Organization and the pharmaceuticals industry.

QUESTION: Black clubwomen creating institutions to shelter Black juvenile delinquents in 1800s?

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In the 1800s, Black clubwomen's federations (or state federations of colored women's clubs) in Delaware, Texas, Arkansas, West Virginia, Florida, Virginia and Alabama created institutions to shelter Black juvenile delinquents and divert them from going to (state-run) adult prisons. Where would I find more detailed (and publicly-accessible) information about these efforts?

NYC Local Collective Meeting Notes, November 2009

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Present: Jenna, Kate, Melissa (sort of facilitator/notetaker), Natalie, Ray

QUESTION: Name search

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I am looking for a Yale classmate, Charles Fineman, who worked as a librarian at Harvard.
Please give him my email. dmartin[atsign]frital[dot]umass[dot]edu
Thanks,
Daniel Martin

QUESTION: Libraries and Political Instability

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Can you tell me of any sources you know of that address the relationship between radical social movements and libraries, particularly in times of politically unstable or revolutionary times?

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