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Anyone itching to have Library and Archives Canada divest from American infrastructure should take encouragement from the way #LIBR509 students feel about that relationship (via memes from an anonymous student and Lia H.)
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Anyone itching to have Library and Archives Canada divest from American infrastructure should take encouragement from the way #LIBR509 students feel about that relationship (via memes from an anonymous student and Lia H.)
This is shit news and I’m angry to hear it. Hoping you’ll soon land somewhere that values you.
July 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is shit news and I’m angry to hear it. Hoping you’ll soon land somewhere that values you.
A cataloguing-literate librarian clearly helped them write this. There are collaborators everywhere.
May 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A cataloguing-literate librarian clearly helped them write this. There are collaborators everywhere.
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Also a good time for libraries to rethink paying vast sums for unreliable library software from companies like Ex Libris Group owned by Clarivate. There are other ways to run our libraries.
proprietary software has failed: a community-driven open source security proposal
This is the text of a paper I delivered at UKSG November Conference 2024 on 2024-11-20 on the theme of 'Cybersecurity and Censorship'. It has been edited from the original to incorporate the accompany...
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February 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Also a good time for libraries to rethink paying vast sums for unreliable library software from companies like Ex Libris Group owned by Clarivate. There are other ways to run our libraries.