Archive for the 'Ethics' Category
I love the man’s music. I have deepest sympathies for the family, especially his kids. But that’s where it ends for me. Michael Jackson’s death is a personal matter for those close to him. I really wish the media and all his so-called ‘fans’ would butt out [...]
With the dismal numbers (59.1%) coming out on this year’s federal election compared with previous years, and with the even lower turn-out for the Halifax Regional Municipality with online voting to boot, it is no wonder that people are calling vote promotion venues like D250 to task. Dal News is one of these, and I [...]
Among the best things about conferences (besides karaoke, right Greg?) are hearing ideas from people you had not previously met. One of the memorable conversations I had was with Sarah Cohen about whether libraries were really on board with the what, whys and hows regarding sustainability. I think we came to the conclusion that libraries [...]
There have been a few, ahem, debates going around and I could make a post on each of them, but things have just been too much in my home life recently, so I’m going to chime in one on one.
MLS or non-MLS?
My favorite call on this issue is coming from Dorothea Salo, but there [...]
UPDATE: Since I’m venturing into potentially controversial territory, I thought it would be a good time to remind my readers that this is my commentary on a situation that occurred in a library in California and not necessarily the opinions of my employer. I will say that I believe we are [...]
Sarah Houghton-Jan, the illustrious Librarian in Black brought up the issue of ethics in libraries reminding us to post the ALA Code of Ethics on our office walls. She also points to a post by BlogJunction highlighting two other studies
Ethics are extremely important, but I am here to say that a statement of [...]
I am a great fan of Judy Blume. So much so that I have started reading her books (somewhat prematurely) to my four-year-old son. The most recent entry is Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. It was timely, since my four-year-old is now learning to swim.
If you don’t know the book, then suffice it [...]
Steve, Iris, Rikhei & others are going through some kind of meme on why they are librarians. I think self-reflection is great. In fact, when I started this blog, that’s what I intended to do — take opportunities to look at the library world in ways that might reflect “others” in [...]
The Internet and the court of law have long been at odds in Canada — for a lot of things, but in particular for publication bans coming from court cases. A most recent example has been demonstrated through this article in the cbc, that I noticed via Library Boy and has since [...]
Ten more ideas about how I can make my life better, in libraries and elsewhere:
Plan an unconference — somewhere, somehow.
The field needs more unconferences, and I’d like to host/organize one for local librarians this year — probably in the summer sometime.
More controlled and productive computer time.
No, this has nothing to do with social software. I [...]
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