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.
Blackstone Audio phases out audiobook DRM – Boing Boing My literary agent wrote to me this morning to tell me about a letter his agency just received from Blackstone Audio, one of the largest audiobook publishers in the world, announcing that Blackstone was phasing out its use of DRM. Blackstone is contacting the rightsholders for [...]
Why women quit technology careers June 16, 2008 (Computerworld) What if half the men in science, engineering and technology roles dropped out at midcareer? That would surely be perceived as a national crisis. Yet more than half the women in those fields leave — most of them during their mid- to late 30s. In this [...]
FYIPolitics | Where they stand: Obama, McCain on the issues | Seattle Times Newspaper A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues as they go head-to-head for the presidency
Web Worker Daily » Archive 10 Tips for Working with the Not-So-Tech-Savvy «It’s easy to forget that the average web worker’s skills and knowhow is quite specialized, even though Internet use is growing gradually over the years. Your colleagues might have Facebook accounts, but do they know how to use it for networking? Likewise, a [...]
The Raw Story | Kucinich presents Bush impeachment articles An Ohio Democratic lawmaker and former presidential candidate has presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush to Congress. Thirty-five articles were presented by Rep. Dennis Kucinich to the House of Representatives late Monday evening, airing live on C-SPAN.
Daily Kos: BREAKING ON C-SPAN: Kucinich introducing impeachment Congressman Dennis Kucinich is on the floor of the House of Representatives right now introducing 35 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush.
US reportedly pulls out of UN Human Rights Council – Boing Boing The Human Rights Tribune is reporting that the US has pulled out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, “an international body within the United Nations System. Its stated purpose is to address human rights violations.” This doesn’t sound good.
John McCain vows to continue Bush’s illegal warrantless wiretapping program – Boing Boing John McCain has changed his position on illegal warrantless wiretapping: he used to think that the President had to uphold the nation’s laws. Now he says that the Constitution is subordinate to the all-powerful executive order. My favorite line on this comes [...]