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A Strike to the Heart of Small Press

Published April 24th, 2007 in alternative media, freedom of expression, open government | No Comments »

May we turn from the usual U.S. bad guys (the Federal Communications Commission) and take a look at the Postal Regulatory Commission for a moment? They’re responsible for setting postage rates in the United States and they’re into some bad stuff. In an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now, Katrina Vanden Heuvel says that the secrecy of the Postal Regulatory Commission “makes the FCC look like a Vermont commune.” The PRC actually accepted a rate plan from Time Warner (and rejected the one put forth by the U.S. Postal Service) which is going to favour large magazine publishers over small ones. Timeline information is available here.

Says FreePress:

Under the original plan, all publishers would have a mostly equal increase (approx. 12 percent) in the cost for mailing their publications. The Time Warner plan overturned this level playing field to favor large, ad-heavy magazines like People at the expense of smaller publications like In These Times and The American Spectator. It penalizes thousands of small- to medium-sized outlets with disproportionately higher rates while locking in privileges for bigger companies.

The Nation, for example, would be expected to pay $500 000 more per year in postage fees (according to itself). It all goes into effect July 15 unless, of course, we stop it from happening.

Please help tackle this ridiculousness on the FreePress site. Also, have a read through Robert McChesney’s letter to the masses.

If the plans go through, perhaps we Canadians should start looking for facilities to house all the American publishers moving to this side of the border.

Thanks to DD.

-SIO

Audio books, a history.

Published April 21st, 2007 in advocacy, alternative media, other, progressive librarians, public libraries | No Comments »

Here at LA we’ve made the odd mention of the value of new and accessible audio materials, and how they support patrons needing alternatives to print materials. Shannon LaBelle, a MLIS student at SLAIS, UBC put together a fantastic presentation on the complete history of audio books in Canada.

Have a look …
Audio books and access to information for Canadians with print disabilities.

I’d like an iPod in the fetching canary yellow depicted in “an example of an audiocassette player”.

-PC

Taking information into your own hands.

Published April 8th, 2007 in Community, advocacy, alternative media, freedom of expression, information commons, public libraries, social justice, social responsibilities | No Comments »

Chip Ward’s illuminating article on how the library has become a de facto ’shelter’ in place of the state’s shrunken safety net provides an excellent opportunity to look at how ppl who are often perceived as non-citizens, non-persons, non-existant nuisances in the collective conscience are reclaiming their power and identities.

Here are some props to ‘information’ efforts that seek to give voiceless groups space to speak for themselves by putting the media in their own hands.

First is Homeless Nation, a Canada wide non-profit organization that provides an online community and forum for homeless people to express their point of view, and an opportunity for the public to interact with and learn some things about being homeless in Canada. Launched in [June] no, April of 2006, membership has grown to over 2000 participants.

Mentions of Homeless Nation in the media can be found here and here and in Rabble podcasts here.

Second is an archives that is documenting the history and cultural heritage of people who’ve been in contact with the psychiatric system.

Librarians, carve out a wee moment in your hectic schedules check out the Psychiatric Survivor Archives, Toronto. It’s a forum and space that aims to preserve the history of psychiatric survivors for current and future generations. PSAT seeks to create an opportunity to restore a sense of agency and personhood to psychiatric survivors, to value their lived experience, history and culture, and to engage a voiceless and stigmatized population in the democratic process of self expression.

Articles here and here published recently in the Toronto Star speak to MAD pride, a movement akin to the ‘queering’ of gay/lesbian culture.

- PC

Myths About The Developing World

Published March 11th, 2007 in advocacy, alternative media, conference, international trade agreements, open access, public domain, social justice, social responsibilities | No Comments »

With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks a few myths about the “developing” world. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 20:35) - More TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com

(via Citadel of the Blogs)

- JH

Small press month March 2007

Published March 11th, 2007 in alternative media, open access, other | No Comments »

Small press month! Better late than never, here’s the shout out to librarians, readers and aspiring authors.

The Small Press Centre in NYC quotes Alice Walker,
“as water to flowers, independent publishing to democracy.”

Check out the Small Press Month website for information on events and ideas for how to celebrate and support the importance of the small press in your community or library.

Parallel to the American event, the Toronto Small Press group is holding a fair in the T-Dot on Saturday March 26th.

And of course with cyberspace being the frontier for self-authorship and democracy, here’s a wee tip on a resource…

The Hesperian Foundation is a non-profit that provides resources to ‘help people take the lead’ in their own health care. Check it out to find ‘copyleft’ community health books for your downloading pleasure.

-PC-

MoveOn.org Petition To Save Funding for PBS/NPR

Published August 14th, 2006 in advocacy, alternative media | No Comments »

MoveOn.org has implemented a campaign to save funding for NPR and PBS in the U.S.

Internet campaigns are increasingly becoming a factor in political decisions (some are citing bloggers with Senator Joe Leiberman’s recent defeat) so why not sign the petition if you’re supportive of one or both of these organizations?

- JH

Friday Fun Link Part 2

Published July 28th, 2006 in alternative media, information commons, other | No Comments »

Not to take away from the foibles of library masturbation, archive.org has, put up an entire conference that happened in April at NYU on fair use. here:
http://www.archive.org/details/NYIH_Comedies_of_Fair_Use

I haven’t had a chance to check any of it out myself, but if Siva Vaidhyanathan, Lawrence Lessig AND DJ Spooky don’t pique your interest then get thee to a nunnery!

Here is the full deal:
COMEDIES OF FAIR U$E
A Search for Comity in the Intellectual Property Wars
Friday, April 28 through Sunday, April 30, 2006
Free and open to the public

Friday April 28, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday 9:30-6:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30-1:00 p.m.
Hemmerdinger Hall
100 Washington Sq. East

FRIDAY, APRIL 28
7:30pm-7:45pm Introductory remarks : Robert Boynton
7:45pm-9:30pm Lawrence Lessig on The Current State of Fair Use with responses by Allan Adler and Hugh Hansen
Siva Vaidhyanathan (moderator)

SATURDAY, APRIL 29
9:30am -10:00am Introductory remarks: Lawrence Weschler
(Note: Lawrence Lessig and Judge Kozinski will comment as the day progresses)

10:00am-11:30am Art
Joy Garnett, Susan Mieselas, Lebbeus Woods,
Art Spiegelman, Carrie McLaren, Joel Wachs
Lawrence Weschler (moderator)

11:45am-1:15pm The Permissions Maze
Geoff Dyer, Susan Bielstein, Allan Adler
James Boyle(moderator)

Break

2:30pm-3:15pm Screening of short films: films from the 826 NYC kids
and the Free Culture remix contest. Comments on the
issues they raise by Leon Friedman and Charles Sims.

3:30pm-4:45pm Documentary Film
Amy Sewell, Pat Aufderheide, Hugh Hansen, Charles Sims
Robert Boynton(moderator)

5:00pm-6:30pm Music
Lawrence Ferrara, Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky),
Hank Shocklee, Claudia Gonson
Kembrew McLeod (moderator)

SUNDAY, APRIL 30
9:30am-9:45am Introductory remarks: Siva Vaidhyanathan

9:45am-11:15am Now Where Are We?
Lewis Hyde, Jonathan Lethem, James Boyle
Siva Vaidhyanathan(moderator)

11:30am-1:00pm W hat Is To Be Done?
Judge Kozinski, Pat Aufderhide, Carrie McLaren
Lawrence Weschler (moderator)

DJ

Freeway Blogger

Published July 14th, 2006 in advocacy, alternative media, freedom of expression, other, public domain, social responsibilities | No Comments »

Freeway Blogger is a clearing house for photos of signs that people are erecting on highways around the United States and beyond to protest the Iraq War and the Bush Administration - some humourous, some pointed, some poignant.

J.

Call For Papers - Information For Social Change

Published June 22nd, 2006 in alternative media, other, progressive librarians, social justice | No Comments »

CALL FOR PAPERS - INFORMATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

INFORMATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (ISC)
ISSN 1364-694X

The summer 2007 issue of the online journal Information for Social Change (ISC)
will focus on the urgent theme of library and information workers as political
actors in times of war, civil war, military occupation, and social conflicts
worldwide.

ISC seeks both contemporary and historical submissions that address such topics
as:

– Library and information provision during times of war, civil war, military
occupation, and social conflict that provide insights and practical strategies
for potential library and information projects in
regions of conflict worldwide.

– Profiles of library and information workers as participants and
interventionists in conflicts, as political actors that offer some new
possibilities for strategies of resistance, or that challenge networks of
military or civil control worldwide.

– Access to library and information provision and the information needs of
oppressed peoples for empowerment and emancipation during times of war,
revolution, or social conflict worldwide.

– Dissemination of information about inside conflicts to the outside world.
Here, ISC is particularly interested in explorations of how to protect the
information provider in terms of privacy; confidentiality;
freedom of opinion and expression; freedom of thought, conscience and religion;
peaceful assembly and association; and protection from torture or cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment as expressed in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (1948).

Note: ISC has a special interest in receiving, publishing, documenting, and
giving memory to information about conflicts on which very little information
has been recorded to date.

Anyone interested in contributing an article, thought piece, bibliography,
review, or other work related to the expressed theme is invited to share their
ideas with issue co-editors Martyn Lowe
(martynlowe@usa.net) AND Toni Samek (toni.samek@ualberta.ca).

The closing date for submission is December 10, 2006 (HUMAN RIGHTS DAY).
Word limits are negotiable with Martyn and Toni.

For more information about ISC, see http://www.libr.org/isc/.

J.

Networked Book on Gamer Theory

Published May 25th, 2006 in alternative media, open access, other | No Comments »

McKenzie Wark who teaches media and cultural studies at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College in New York City has posted a draft of his latest book which deals with gamer theory, online. According to the site

GAM3R 7H30RY 1.1 is a networked book. The Institute for the Future of the Book created this project to investigate new approaches to writing in the networked environment, and to see what happens when authors and readers are brought into conversation over an evolving text.

The draft is available here.

Dj

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