On Boycotts…

I have a very early memory – I couldn’t have been much more than 5 years old or so – of asking my mother to buy me Nestle Quik. “Nestle kills babies. We don’t buy from them.” she replied. End of discussion. (As an aside, I apparently have a reputation amongst my friends as being Read the full post…

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Pirates of Perchance

At least once a week, if not once a day, I am offered the opportunity receive a stolen good.  No, Valparaiso, Indiana has not become a hotbed of criminal activity.  This all happens on the Internet.  Someone mentions that they just heard a great album and they offer to dropbox it.  Or a livejournal community Read the full post…

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The Ethical Librarian

My Westlaw/iPod experience has reminded me of yet another Something I Didn’t Learn In Library School – Librarian Ethics. Sure, we covered the basics, like “don’t give out patron information” and…um…actually, that’s the only one I really remember talking about.  There must have been others (something about whether or not you can let a teenager Read the full post…

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