A couple of weeks ago, the University of Windsor hosted a conference that arguably was history in the making. But before this starts to sound like hype, let me continue.

The goal of ‘20 Years of Propaganda?’ was to critically examine the current relevance and role of the propaganda model twenty years after the […]

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 […]

This news from the MISt email list @ the FIS, UofT.

EFF attorney Fred von Lohmann is a key note speaker.
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Join the Center for Intellectual Property, your peers and colleagues as
they convene for the Seventh Annual Symposium on copyright and
information use.

COPYRIGHT UTOPIA: Alternative Visions, Methods & Policies
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This conference focuses on the archives of Canadian writers, visual artists,
performance artists, filmmakers, composers, and other culture creators who
are involved with activism and advocacy. How do archival materials show
imaginative work being created in the context of work for social justice or
in support of political action?

In August 2004, in Buenos Aires, there was the 1st Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries. Among other things, it accomplished the following: The main outcome was that it raised the need to continue a permanent forum that has its presence through committes and working groups which will focus primarily on subjects like user […]

The BCLA is at it again, creating really interesting and inspiring conferences. This year’s is entitled “Sharing a Vision: the power of collaboration”. Here are some of the many interesting presentations:

Including the Socially Excluded: Community development strategies for public libraries: One of the speakers, Annette de Faveri, is part of the “Working Together Project”, […]

In library school, one of the most dynamic speakers that gave a talk in one of our classes was Dorothy Williams, a Ph.D. student at McGill University. If you will be in Montreal on December 12th, make a point to go see her defend her thesis, entitled “Sankofa: recovering Montreal’s heterogeneous black print serials”. A […]

I know this has made every listserv and LIS blog, but it’s worth mentionning again and again. The ALA council passed a resolution against the war in Iraq. It is wonderful news indeed, although, I think it’s over 2 years too late. The Librarians for Peace called for this type of resolution back in 2003:One […]

Hugh over at dosemagazine attended the Copyright and You conference, here in Montreal, with speaker Richard Stallman. He gives a good run down of the presentation and the panel discussion that took place afterwards. He also mentions that the audio version of the event should be available soon at indymedia.quebec.

The CLA has set up a page with some of this year’s presentations. Some of the more interesting are:
Librarians as Stewards of the Commons: There will be a video of this keynote speech.
The USA PATRIOT Act and Personal Privacy for Canadians
Connect and Reflect: Let’s Meet the Library Service and Program Needs of the Aboriginal […]