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Tag Archives: librarianship
Next Year’s Model — The Digital Shift
Information Space: Vote for Your Favorite ‘New Librarianship’ Pinterest Board!
Pinterest Board: Librarians: “What my friends think I do…” memes.
Information Space: Is a Master’s Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment? A Counter Perspective to Forbes Magazine
Information Space: Librarians: Get a Job in Data Science, Make Lots of Money
I question the “make lots of money” aspect but it certainly is an intriguing alternative.
New Librarianship: Librarians « Hack Library School
A good post from Hack Library School questioning exactly what is “New Librarianship” anyways? Quotes the mission of New Librarianship from The Atlas of New Librarianship website (a companion website to the book).
Coincidentally, The Atlas of New Librarianship is the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award winner for Best Book in Library Literature.
Information Space: 61 Tech Geek Jobs for LIS Grads
A survey of the current offering of non-traditional LIS job in the United States from Information Space – the Syracuse University iSchool blog.
UPDATE: GTA Technology Topics, Tips & Tricks: U.S. SOPA & Protect IP Acts – Censorship of the Internet
Note: This is an update to an earlier post that can be found here.
If you hadn’t heard already, tomorrow Wikipedia (as well as Reddit and other websites) will be going “black” to protest the SOPA and PIPA acts. These websites will be effectively be taken offline. See more about this: English Wikipedia Anti-SOPA Blackout
Google will also be protesting SOPA tomorrow on its home page. More information here. I’m very curious to see if they will change their logo!
From the ALA Washington Office: PIPA, SOPA and OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide
Also, the Obama Administration has come out in a recent announcement against SOPA.
Interesting to note – you may not had heard about SOPA and PIPA in US mainstream media or on the US broadcast networks, as many of these organizations are in support of these acts. For a review, please see the infographic below.
Stay informed!
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