The Fourth Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference: Media and Movements Beyond Borders

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Saturday February 24th, 2007
New School University
10am-7pm
65 Fifth Avenue (at 13th Street)

Radref meeting/dinner @ ALA Seattle: Updated minutes

Hi all, below are the updated "minutes" such as they are. I think there are a few items for discussion. I'll post on the list as well.

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Radical Reference meeting
Pan African Market, Seattle

Cory Doctorow on the State of the Copyfight

Cory Doctorow spoke about his activities with the EFF in advocating for fair use within the World Intellectual Property Forum, as well as DRM and the Broadcast Flag, at and event cosponsored by NYU Association for Computational Mathematics and Free Culture @ NYU. Though he was addressing himself to geeks, two civilians (his terms) from the NYC RR Collective found his talk very informative.

USA PATRIOT revisited

I was talking with a friend today about Rich Lowry, the "editor" of the National Review, and it reminded me of the editorial that Shinjoung and I wrote in response to one of Lowry's columns about librarians and the USA PATRIOT Act. So I thought I'd post our letter to the editor of the San Diego Tribune. And for fairness' sake, I've posted Lowry's original drivel below the fold (as it should be!). Read on:

Radical Militant Librarians talk reprise: Hawaii

Here are the slides from a talk I did at Rutgers and then kind of shared with students from Hawaii.

Radical Reference dinner at ALA Midwinter in Seattle 2007

Please join members of Radical Reference for a meal, a social, and some light business talk at 7:30 pm on Sunday, January 21, at Pan Africa Market:
1521 1st Ave (at Pike Street)

fact checking: Olelo Community Television

Fact checking training given at Olelo Community Television, January 2007, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Click fact-olelo.ppt below.

Also a Radical Reference overview: click olelo0701.ppt.

NYC Grassroots media conference 2007 session proposal v2

Beyond Googling It: News and Government Information “Web 2.0” style

Do you feel like you have to check 50 websites just to keep up with a
single news item? Do you ever hear about a pending bill, send off a letter

QUESTION: Autobus Argentina

How do I find info on an overnight sleeper bus from Buenos Aires to Mendoza?

QUESTION: Longevity in the U.S.

I'm looking for the percentage of American adults who live to age 80. I have gathered info that the answer is actually about 30%, but I'd like to be corrected if I need to be.

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