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Notes from Libraryland
My favorite library linkspam blog brought me the following tidbits:
* The best novels you've never read, as listed by New York Magazine.
* Is it a PSA extolling the joys of reading, or is it an ad for a library self-checkout machine? You decide!
* More book banning madness: A Canadian library decides to ban the His Dark Materials series. On what grounds? Because Philip Pullman is an atheist. I guess a lot of other authors will have to go too, then. It'll pretty much decimate the science fiction session, but sometimes you have to break some eggs.
* How many copyright violations does an average user commit in a single day? A thought-provoking look at how broad interpretations of copyright laws could leave us all liable for billions each year -- and that's without behaviors like "illegal" downloading. (Or writing fanfic.) Somehow, I don't think this is what the framers of the Constitution had in mind...
* Cool new Internet tool: Browse the New York Times by subject.
* Short piece on managing various online identities hits a little bit on the aspect of this that interests me: how do you juggle public and private, personal and professional, when social networking tools start merging the spheres? I started writing a lot more about this and realized that it's an entry all it's own, so I'll get back to you on that later.
* The best novels you've never read, as listed by New York Magazine.
* Is it a PSA extolling the joys of reading, or is it an ad for a library self-checkout machine? You decide!
* More book banning madness: A Canadian library decides to ban the His Dark Materials series. On what grounds? Because Philip Pullman is an atheist. I guess a lot of other authors will have to go too, then. It'll pretty much decimate the science fiction session, but sometimes you have to break some eggs.
* How many copyright violations does an average user commit in a single day? A thought-provoking look at how broad interpretations of copyright laws could leave us all liable for billions each year -- and that's without behaviors like "illegal" downloading. (Or writing fanfic.) Somehow, I don't think this is what the framers of the Constitution had in mind...
* Cool new Internet tool: Browse the New York Times by subject.
* Short piece on managing various online identities hits a little bit on the aspect of this that interests me: how do you juggle public and private, personal and professional, when social networking tools start merging the spheres? I started writing a lot more about this and realized that it's an entry all it's own, so I'll get back to you on that later.
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I think the books were really pulled because they're critical of religion, but the library board didn't want to admit that. Either that, or they assume that only an atheist can be critical of religion. No, there can't *possibly* be religious people who might have criticisms of their faith and others. Uh huh.
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Peh, Orson Scott Card is a mormon but that doesn't keep Ender's Game from ranking near the top of my favorite books ever.
Y'know... it took me forever to get The Deathly Hallows read, mainly because I got it on the first day of a 10-day work week, but as I was reading the last few chapters it really struck me that the values in that series are far more consistent with the central tenets of Christianity then that Left Behind series could ever hope to be.
Although to be fair, I've just read the first of the kids LB series.