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Unethical Library Vendors: A Call to Arms for Libraries to Fight Back | Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton-Jan
"We need to vote with our wallets and choose to work with vendors who provide the best possible products for the money, are fast to respond to technology trends, do not engage in shady business practices, and treat their customers with respect."
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blog
enterprise
ethics
library
rant
software
world
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08/26/2010 11:19
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BBC: A novel idea: Take a look inside the library pub
'A pub in the Yorkshire Dales which also doubles as a library may be a vision of the future for many communities.'
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council
culture
debt-crisis
library
ukgov
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08/24/2010 08:25
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SkyRiver Files Antitrust Suit Against OCLC
Mixed feelings about this one. OCLC is a co-op but their tight control of WorldCat does seem uncooperative.
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cooperative
foss
freeourdata
koha
library
licensing
software
web
webapp
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07/29/2010 15:55
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dcms: Review of Arm's Length Bodies
Is this a good thing or not? Mixed feelings: "abolishing the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to focus efforts on front-line, essential services and ensure greater value for money - Government support for museums, libraries and archives will continue"
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culture
library
promotion
sport
ukgov
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07/27/2010 09:02
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New Eyes Each Year » Blog Archive » Online services – a free lunch? - Reflections on my library world
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article
blog
council
library
ukgov
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10/21/2009 11:29
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Cory Doctorow at Internet Librarian International 2009 on Vimeo
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conferences
ethics
library
privacy
promotion
video
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10/19/2009 18:39
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Retrofitting RFID
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library
lms
rfid
standards
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09/30/2009 15:38
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The Weston Mercury - Library campaigners hit out at council
"agreed to close facilities in Banwell, Congresbury and Backwell"
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council
library
wsm
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09/29/2009 10:05
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Open Source in Libraries: Survey Results Pt 2 » Practical Open Source Software for Libraries
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blog
foss
library
promotion
statistics
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09/29/2009 09:41
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Randy Metcalfe "relinquishing my post as Program Manager of eIFL-FOSS"
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foss
library
promotion
software
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09/25/2009 12:31
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The Code4Lib Journal - How Hard Can It Be? : Developing in Open Source
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foss
koha
library
lms
webapp
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06/26/2009 17:43
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Published articles: Google book settlement has librarians worried ()
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copyright
library
licensing
rant
ukgovoss
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05/06/2009 13:01
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librarian.net: unintended consequences of Google Books project (jessamyn)
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copyright
library
licensing
rant
ukgovoss
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05/06/2009 12:57
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evergreen-ils blog » Blog Archive » Understanding Open Source Webinar recording and links
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foss
library
tutorial
webapp
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03/18/2009 09:05
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Koha Foundation
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foss
library
promotion
webapp
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02/22/2009 15:11
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koha! /dev/urandom (koha packages)
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blog
library
webapp
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02/22/2009 14:30
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COLUMN: We Love Open Source Software. No, You Can’t Have Our Code
why leaving it to the customer libraries is not enough
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foss
library
rant
software
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02/07/2009 19:39
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