Category Archives: Technology
This is Relevant to Our Interests
I love it when bits of information come together serendipitously. This morning the ALA sent me an email and a friend made a Facebook post, and now you all have a (potentially) useful blog post about… PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET! … Continue reading
Filed under Cops, Cyberspace, Education, Free Speech, Jaime, Reference, Technology
“Which three books would you have taken?”
Since I began working at the #OccupyWallStreet library three weeks ago, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells and a specific scene in the 1960 film inspired by the book. *Spoiler here* In the … Continue reading
Filed under Michael, OccupyLibraries, Reference, Technology, Time Travel
Not in NYC? Here’s how you can stop the eviction.
From Moveon.org “Another important way to make sure that Mayor Bloomberg hears from all of us is to call New York City’s complaint line at (212) NEW-YORK–that’s (212) 639-9675. When you’re asked to, Press 1 for English, hit 0, and … Continue reading
Filed under Emergency Actions, Michael, Technology
Thank you to 2600, and all our donors!
2600: The Hacker Quarterly dropped off some magazines and books the other day. Thank you to publishers like these folks who are stepping up to support us! Yesterday we also received some amazing books from WBAI, and wonderful boxes from donors across … Continue reading
Filed under Catalog, Donations, Hacking, Michael, Technology
Private Information, Policing and Social Media
This library is wired. We’re scanning bar codes to intake our books, we’re on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, LibraryThing and more. We’re blogging, we’re using our smart phones and laptops and WiFi hotspots. This movement is wired. We’re using YouTube, livestreams, … Continue reading
Filed under Cyberspace, Media, Michael, Privatization, Technology
Technology Call to Arms
I’ve been talking to the awesome folks at 2600, and today they have put out a call for technology donations to our library. I’m really excited about this collaboration – if the occupation of Liberty Plaza is anything, it is … Continue reading
Filed under Hacking, Michael, Technology
Scanning Books
Yesterday, we started the process of scanning all the barcodes of media in our collection and photographing the title pages or covers of those without bar codes. We’re using the free and open source application Bar Code Scanner which creates a … Continue reading
Filed under Catalog, Michael, Photographs, Radical Reference, Technology
