Dump Mel Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. Mel Gibson is featured on an ALA Read Poster. The American Library Association has clear anti-discrimination policies. We’ve known about his homophobia for years, but not taken action. Will we also tolerate his anti-Semitism? Let’s get this “Read” poster removed from ALA’s graphics store. Mel Gibson’s example doesn’t belong […]
On an earlier post, Dorothea (who gets another woohoo from me for her rockin’ post, Getting past Cro-1337non Man) mentioned the question of diversity by suggesting that more GLBT librarians should be invited/included in library presentations. LibraryLand does not have a shortage of GLBT librarians; it has always attracted men comfortable working in feminized professions […]
(This is the 1,000th entry in Free Range Librarian!) The new search engine has been through its most rudimentary review at a super-secret hidden test server for My Place Of Work, and we’re now looking for people willing to give anywhere from five minutes to a half hour or longer next week to attempt tasks, […]
My take on things? The same freak-out fanatics who got everyone in a tizzy about the Internet at large are now targeting Flickr and similar social software environments. Read Michael Stephens’ sensible but passionate discussion of this issue. Bookmark to:
I wrote my latest Techsource post while sweltering in my skivvies in my tiny office… I took on pretty much every major technology peeve I have. Well, I probably have a few more. Do you? Bookmark to:
So here’s yesterday’s “2.0 Gang” podcast–after being teased, I tried to remember to mute my phone while I was listening (and, um, multitasking). Laura, you could have held your own just fine in this conversation (and you too, Janie, and a few others in the comment section). Despite the title, we really skirted around folksonomies, […]
Michael’s LTR Cover Originally uploaded by mstephens7. You can buy individual copies of Library Technology Reports, and this issue on social software and libraries is a good one to buy if you aren’t subscribed to the series. Michael is a clear writer whose approach to library services is always very practical and user-centric. If you […]
So I’m sitting in this conference–Christina Pikas and I appear to be the two dames; I seem to know this whole group–and it’s a great discussion and I’ve pitched in but if you are not Rumpelstiltskin and you have been paying just the least attention, you too could have held your own with this group. […]
come together @ your library Originally uploaded by jessamyn. And I love Jessamyn, who was the first to pick up (as it were) ALA’s cluelessly erotic tagline for the 2007 National Library Week celebration. She has another image, which I warn you is not work-safe. (These two ladies at least have clothes on.) Reminds me […]
1989, somewhere in a stateside desert Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. I provide this picture to explain some of the assumptions I have about sexism in society. That’s me in the front row, at a special training camp. I could write an entire story about that experience, which involved the usual humiliations, intrigues, and uphill climbs […]