Monthly Archives: July 2010
Census Privacy is the Harper gov’t's Girl-Power Barbie
I’m going to go ahead and assume anyone who’s reading this blog knows about the Canadian government’s recent decision to scrap the mandatory long-form national census, and attempt to replace it with a voluntary “National Household Survey” (NHS). I’m going … Continue reading
Filed under ethics, government, government information, inclusion/exclusion, privacy
BCLA Letter Regarding G20 & Intellectual Freedom
I am really proud of the British Columbia Library Association for writing and publishing such an eloquent letter about the “unprecedented curtailment of civil liberties that took place at the June 2010 meeting of the G20 in Toronto.” While some … Continue reading
Filed under democracy, government, Intellectual freedom, The Profession
Net neutrality & tiered pricing structures
It’s come to my attention that AWMarco at Team Awesome wrote about the recent Harpham and Greyson net neutrality articles in Feliciter (<– pdf warning) and seems to think that I conflate the issues of data packet neutrality and access … Continue reading
Filed under net neutrality, Other blogs, technology
Public Libraries and the Role of Information
When the topic of libraries arise in communities, one of the first responses from members of the public has usually been books. However, over the last while, I have noticed a shift in the public perception of the role libraries … Continue reading
Filed under community development, public libraries
