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Comment on Budget cuts to libraries, archives, and information centres jeopardize access to Canadian government information by Library and Archives Canada (A Modest Proposal) | Exploring the Information Ecology

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:31:55 +0000

[...] They are writing letters, planning marches, stirring up support, and other good things. Among them: Michael Steeleworthy | Ontario Library Association | Canadian Council of Archives | Canadian Library Association and [...]

Comment on Budget cuts to libraries, archives, and information centres jeopardize access to Canadian government information by [LINK] “Budget cuts to libraries, archives, and information centres jeopardize access to Canadian government information” « A Bit More Detail

Tue, 08 May 2012 02:56:02 +0000

[...] and blogger Michael Steeleworthy has made a stirring post regarding the strongly negative consequences of Canadian federal government budget cuts on the [...]

Comment on Budget cuts to libraries, archives, and information centres jeopardize access to Canadian government information by Budget cuts to libraries, archives, and information centres jeopardize access to Canadian government information « Bibliothécaires de l'APUO / APUO Librarians

Mon, 07 May 2012 16:37:08 +0000

[...] This has not been a good spring for Canadian librarians and archivists, especially those who work at federal libraries and archives, which are being de-funded and dismantled by federal budget cuts. These information centres sustain government and public research capacity. Their ability to create, preserve, and provide access to public information in our country is at risk. [...]

Comment on Budget cuts to libraries, archives, and information centres jeopardize access to Canadian government information by Mike Ridley

Mike Ridley — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:34:00 +0000

Good stuff Michael. I think getting angry is important, and as you recommend, getting active is better. However, I think we are up against a very solid ideological wall; it isn’t going to move and too much damage will be done if we keep beating our heads against that wall. Time for radical collaboration that repatriates our memory institutions. Clearly the federal government has no interest in this. We are going to have to take matters in our own hands. I’m pissed about all this but also not convinced the Harper government will listen to any of our complaints.

However, not to end on a sour note, I do believe a positive way forward exists. It involves a massive community effort to reclaim these places despite the lack of federal leadership (or even $$). Dreaming in techno-colour? Perhaps. What more do we have to lose?

…Mike

Comment on An Online Instruction manifesto: technological challenges and people-driven solutions by Brad Matthies

Brad Matthies — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:47:00 +0000

Good post! Brief comments at this link:

https://plus.google.com/109074608398428526168/posts/jMNRF5NLVzP

Comment on An Online Instruction manifesto: technological challenges and people-driven solutions by MikeRidley

MikeRidley — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:04:00 +0000

Good stuff Michael; I’m pleased to see this dialogue started; I hope you have launch a rich discussion. I have two comments on your post: the use of the term “instruction” and the apparent isolation of library curricula from the academic curricula.

I’ve posted more details on my blog:
A Response

Comment on A Political Note: Why I believe Brian Topp should not be the leader of the NDP by Kamalmattar

Kamalmattar — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:26:00 +0000

Topp lost. And now the NDP constitution will be rewritten, the party will be renamed, and the NDP will look feel and disengage the voters just like the liberal party of Canada. If you didn’t like the direction of the NDP and the way they took parliament by storm, why didn’t you join the Liberal party. Instead now you have defranchized

Comment on Google v. Blekko v. The Librarian. (The librarian wins.) by Context | Erich Stauffer

Context | Erich Stauffer — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:10:32 +0000

[...] I was able to find Matt’s blog bio where he talked about graduating from Ball State. After all that work of searching I was a little let down to find his blog located at mattdobson.com, which a cursory search for “Matt Dobson” lists as the #1 search result. Any noobie search user could have probably found him much more faster than I did, but that’s why Google is a level playing field. You don’t have to be a librarian to find what you need on Google, but it can help. [...]

Comment on Google Reader Takes a Bow as Google Plus Takes the Stage: the death of critical reading on the Internet by Graham Lavender

Graham Lavender — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:04:00 +0000

I completely agree. When I first joined Twitter (and was only following a few dozen people), I tried to keep up with absolutely every tweet because that’s what I was used to doing in Google Reader. I quickly realized I was attempting to drink from the firehose, so I changed the way I use Twitter. Now I understand the value of both tools, but if I had to choose one I would certainly go with Google Reader because I like knowing that all the blogs I’ve selected are waiting for me there, along with items my friends and colleagues have shared with me. These posts won’t disappear if I don’t get to them right away; for example, I’m reading your post now, even though you posted it a full week ago. If I had been relying on a faster paced tool (e.g., Google+) to find out about it, I might have missed it altogether. And it’s an excellent post, so I’m glad I didn’t miss it.

Comment on Gender Gaps by Eleanor Crumblehulme

Eleanor Crumblehulme — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:38:30 +0000

This LSJ article has interesting stats on the subject:
http://www.librarystudentjournal.org/index.php/lsj/article/view/129/230