Hi Nick, In a recent search, I came across these folks: http://www.ifla.org/ See in particular their mailing lists and their FAIFE committee: http://www.ifla.org/mailing-lists http://www.ifla.org/about-faife
Hope this is helpful, -- Michael Allan Toronto, +1 416-699-9528 http://zelea.com/w/User:Mike-ZeleaCom/in > Hi folks, > > Thanks to the awesomeness that is TA3M [0], I've had a chance to talk > with a few librarians who're somewhat disappointed by the fact that it's > difficult to freely access knowledge at libraries: all Internet access > is filtered and surveiled, reducing the freedom of expression and the > free exchange of ideas. So, I promised I'd reach out to folks to see > what, if anything, we can do about the situation. > > First, what technologies could public libraries employ that would ensure > or best facilitate intellectual freedom, free expression and free access > to ideas when people use the library? Different libraries will have > different connectivity structures, so this is a fairly broad question. > > I think there's a more fundamental question, though, which is figuring > out how to make libraries again responsible for providing unencumbered > access to ideas. I don't know how to do this. I could help draft > standards-language for "The Responsibilities of Libraries to the Public" > but perhaps there's already such a document out there that could be > updated or re-enforced. At this point, I'm trying to start a > discussion. > > Thanks for your time, > Nick > > 0: http://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
