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Congress Passes Legislation Recognizing Libraries in Workforce Development
Libraries

Congress Passes Legislation Recognizing Libraries in Workforce Development

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Michael Sauers

Congress recently took a giant leap forward to improve the delivery of job training and workforce development by passing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act…

Politics & Law

Revealed: The NSA’s Secret Campaign to Crack, Undermine Internet Security

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The National Security Agency is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine the major…

Politics & Law

First 100 Pages of Aaron Swartz’s Secret Service File Released

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The heavily redacted documents released today confirm earlier reports that the Secret Service was interested in a “Guerilla Open Access Manifesto” that Swartz and others had penned…

Internet

“More than machinery we need humanity” – The NSA, Verizon, Prism, and You

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Michael Sauers

I’m definitely adding LibrarianShipwreck to my must-read list! The real scandal is not that the NSA obtained millions of phone numbers from Verizon, it is…

Politics & Law

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: ‘I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things’

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers
Politics & Law

Members of Congress finally introduce serious DMCA reform

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

New legislation sponsored by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Jared Polis (D-CO) takes a broader approach to the issue. In…

Internet

Most Social Media Friendly State Libraries for 2013

Posted on May 8, 2013May 8, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Woot! The Nebraska Library Commission has been ranked 6th out of the 50 state libraries regarding their social media presence. Generally I take such lists…

Politics & Law

Lady Liberty’s Watching You

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The Statue of Liberty is getting a facelift, though the changes aren’t only cosmetic. An upgraded “state of the art” security system will help keep…

Libraries

Amazon’s book city #1, Alexandria, VA, may cut library hours: Time for a digital-era national endowment to help ease U.S. libraries’ financial woes?

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Worse, Alexandria City Manager Rashad Young has proposed a $93,454 cut in the library personnel budget despite the harm this could do to working people reliant on libraries to advance themselves through…

Nebraska

The State of Nebraska is on Pinterest

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Michael Sauers

I’d love to see numbers regarding how much usage this is getting but hey, they’re trying it so kudos.

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