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The Creative Librarian is a hub for matters important to librarians/information scientists of today. There is a definite lean towards electronic issues, however it isn't restricted to only those. Hopefully this site will also be useful for informing non-librarians on these issues as so many of them affect us all.

Archive for May, 2006

Life Trumps Blogging

I thought I owed you guys an explanation for why I haven’t been really posting lately. Life hates me. No, seriously. First I got a roomate. Then the new apartment manager gives me a hard time because she has 3 cats even though the old apartment manager okayed it. Then I found out that my [...]

The importance of Privacy

Wired News: The Eternal Value of Privacy … they accept the premise that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It’s not. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect. …For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, [...]

Casey Bisson on Web Services

Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Casey Bisson speaks! We all should listen. And while I was not particularly sad to see my stunningly inadequate description of Web services go by the wayside, I was very sad that people would not have the opportunity to read Casey’s insights into why our systems [...]

Net Neutrality

LISNews.org | Why You Should Care About Network Neutrality WWdN: In Exile: why network neutrality matters, and is worth fighting for Boing Boing: Network neutrality – why it matters, and how do we fix it? Neutrality of the Net | Decentralized Information Group (DIG) Breadcrumbs

Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) of 2006

The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics: Congrats to U.S. Senators Cornyn & Lieberman! Experience has shown that a request to deposit research articles is not enough; this led to a dismal 4% compliance rate. A clear-cut mandate to deposit is what is needed, and what the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) of 2006 accomplishes. [...]