Monthly Archives: April 2008
Net Neutrality in a Nutshell
Here’s the backgrounder I pulled together for the BCLA Resolution on Network (Net) Neutrality. A great debt is owed to Danielle Dennie (of LibrarianActivist fame) for her assistance in writing both the resolution and this backgrounder. Yes, this has been … Continue reading
Filed under media democracy, net neutrality
Childbirth may not be suitable for minors
A family friend had a baby this morning! Yay! My five year old was quite put out that he was not able to watch the baby being born. As a consolation prize, I promised to YouTube some birth videos for … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, gender, Health, Intellectual freedom
IP and the Harry Potter Lexicon court case
I can’t get away from the rather melodramatic news bits about JK Rowling appearing in Federal District Court in New York this week, Michigan librarian Steven Jan Vander Ark whose fan lit is the focus of her lawsuit, and who … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, Intellectual freedom, Uncategorized
DTCA, part II – Unpacking the Expressive Freedom argument
Part II of a likely-ongoing series of posts regarding Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of prescription drugs (DTCA), here is some discussion from a librarian’s standpoint regarding CanWest’s claim that Canada’s ban on DTCA infringes on the media company’s Charter-granted “Freedom of Expression.” … Continue reading
Filed under Health, Intellectual freedom
Victoria Library Lockout resolved
To make this a weekend foll of follow-up, let me note that the six week Victoria Library Lockout in BC has been resolved, and the libraries are well on their way to being open to the public once more. And … Continue reading
Filed under labour issues
POPLINE kerfuffle follow-up
The good news of the day is that Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has released a “Statement Regarding POPLINE Database.” In the statement he says he was just informed this … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, government, Health, Intellectual freedom, Other blogs, The Profession
POPLINE and government barriers to information on “controversial” topics
I saw it first at Rachel’s blog, but you may have seen it any number of places by now: Making the rounds of librarian emails, listservs and blogs in the past day or so is the news that POPLINE, “the … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, gender, government, Health, Intellectual freedom, Other blogs, Uncategorized
