On folly, freedom and filters May 13, 2010 in featured , speaking Wearing my EFA Board Member hat, I spoke today at an event at Parliament House hosted by the Menzies Research Centre in a debate with Tony McLellan of the Australian Christian Lobby. The most recent research into public opinion on the filter, carried out by the Safer Internet Group consisting of Google, Internet Industry Association, iiNet, Australian Council of State School Organisations and the Australian Library and Information Association and others shows a marked increase in doubts about the filter amongst parents. MORE >>

Week 3: Photos & Images Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds. Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts. Week 7: Wikis Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them. Here are some other libraries doing Learning 2.0: Questions or comments about this project should be directed to Helene Blowers , Public Services Technology Director for the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County ( PLCMC ). Program. MORE >>

Charlton Library Sends Police to Collect Overdue Books From 5-Year-Old – no you did not read the headline wrong it really happened. IKEA Hosts Sleepover For 100 Lucky Facebook Fans – file this one under oddities from across the pond, while also being a good social campaign and listening to your community. If I haven’t said it to you in the past week, Happy New Year to you and yours along with great mojo wishes for all of 2012. While I would like to have said it was a week where I could ease into the new calendar, it was not and was busy as hell all four work days. MORE >>

Library of Congress - The nations oldest federal cultural institution is also the largest library in the world. CIA Library - The Central Intelligence Agency has a library, an online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, maps and a World Fact Book that offers information on countries all over the world. You have to pay to use the service from home, but you can access it for free at any Federal Depository Library. Virtual Reference Shelf - This site features select web resources compiled by the Library of Congress. MORE >>

Drinking the 2009 La Vieille Ferme Cotes du Ventoux Rose which I was less than enthusiastic about despite it getting close to the Red Wine, which is my favorite ( but hey, Gary’s selling in and tasting it at Wine Library TV, I bet ) I was thinking how constrained social media platforms are by keywords and how we need to move past that – and that’s what I thought earlier today. The reviews of La Vieille Ferme Cotes Du Ventoux Red Wine were compared to the host like new Nike shoes. – this wine isn’t bad at all! MORE >>