Posts by jc@scholar.social
 (DIR) Post #1224549 by jc@scholar.social
       2018-11-15T15:05:51Z
       
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       It's the third Thursday of November, which means it's #WorldPhilosophyDay. A message from Audrey Azoulay (Dir. General of UNESCO) talks about how practising philosophy equips & enables us for understanding & synthesizing knowledge, perceiving meaning & principle, exchanging views, and more. Read it here http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002661/266101e.pdf and UNESCO's page is here https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/philosophyday
       
 (DIR) Post #2312842 by jc@scholar.social
       2018-12-26T17:41:27Z
       
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       @emsenn good points in that read. It's similar to the Netflix video culture machine--now pumping out films and series from "all over the world." They generally have formulaic Netflix or Hollywood style filming/scoring/acting no matter the country they purport to come from. Tiring.
       
 (DIR) Post #9gJHwYGOzY3IGNeJdI by jc@scholar.social
       2019-03-01T00:09:44Z
       
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       University of California couldn't get Elsevier to agree to universal #OpenAccess to UC research so they're not renewing their contracts with Elsevier. Fascinated to see How this plays out. (go bears) https://news.lib.berkeley.edu/elsevier-outcome
       
 (DIR) Post #9ifmE5ZJHPpBpt4Z5E by jc@scholar.social
       2019-05-10T16:17:56Z
       
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       Have you seen Mozilla's new Internet Health Report for 2019? I just started reading it. I like how it is organized around assessment themes, which include privacy & security, openness, digital inclusion, web literacy, and decentralization. https://internethealthreport.org/2019/
       
 (DIR) Post #9rrpAk2IqSoJDUhguW by jc@scholar.social
       2020-02-09T16:44:48Z
       
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       One of the coolest #library displays I've seen: with my son at the #Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). I walked right past but at my son's eye-level, he spotted it. Just in the stacks, a little projector hides behind some cut-out books and projects ghosts onto this display, which appear to glow.
       
 (DIR) Post #9u4mTNq58ZrB7ykjNA by jc@scholar.social
       2020-04-15T15:46:11Z
       
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       Here is a nice list of tools that are free (libre) alternatives to conferencing/communcating applications like Zoom https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/better-than-zoom-try-these-free-software-tools-for-staying-in-touch
       
 (DIR) Post #A1KYKRzIHmkBrS38PA by jc@scholar.social
       2020-11-18T17:55:36Z
       
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       Will oligopolistic academic publishers (SNSI) get to plant surveillance software in libraries? https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/spyware-in-libraries/ No, libraries are not passive recipients of such tech. Librarians wouldn't allow such a thing because it'd go contrary to our professional code(s) of ethics. Mehta's article is good but only mentioned "digital rights advocates and scientists." Since it concerned libraries, I felt there should be a librarian's perspective so I just blogged a bit here https://www.phydeau.org/chroknowlogy/information-ethics/2020/publishers-proposing-surveillance-tech-on-libraries/
       
 (DIR) Post #A5kYZSk85mEQ4btr6W by jc@scholar.social
       2021-03-29T21:51:39Z
       
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       Good joint response to latest Canadian government copyright consultation from CARL-ABRC & CFLA-FCAB. Much to like in its recommendations & that it sheds light on more than just the short-sighted term extension imposed by CUSMA (NAFTA) https://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/joint-response-to-consultation-on-copyright-term-extension/
       
 (DIR) Post #ACfbamOCnJrXdiK0nY by jc@scholar.social
       2021-10-23T20:46:40Z
       
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       Internet Archive founder, Brewster Kahle's article in Time magazine calling out the problems with publishers holding libraries hostage over control of electronic resources. I'm glad to see this issue getting popular press https://time.com/6108581/internet-archive-future-books/
       
 (DIR) Post #AGoNdkq6fWOS3yS55s by jc@scholar.social
       2022-02-24T19:16:20Z
       
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       Concordia Library's Researcher-in-Residence call for applicants is now open! We have a range of areas that we're seeking proposals from. Researchers and practitioners from library and information studies, as well as other disciplines are welcome to apply: https://library.concordia.ca/about/researcher-in-residence/apply.php --> Deadline to apply is 25 March 2022#ResearchResident #Library #bibliothèque