Consider the Alternatives: Information Access in Times of Crisis
September 26 & 27, 2002
Vancouver Public Library

Links & Citations

General | Keynote Address - Nancy Kranich | Richard Rosenberg | Session I: The Big Picture Session II: The View from the Independents | Session III: Libraries Respond

General

Global Justice Video Project

Project Censored
For previous years' lists (2001 and prior), see http://www.projectcensored.org/stories/

Media Democracy Day (October 18 & 19, 2002)

Keynote Address: Libraries & Democracy

Speaker: Nancy Kranich

Books:
Kranich, Nancy C., ed. Libraries and Democracy: the Cornerstones of Liberty. Chicago : American Library Association, 2001.

Websites:

ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom

Association of Research Libraries: Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Homeland Security and Related Issues

IFLA: The Glasgow Declaration on Libraries, Information Services and Intellectual Freedom

IFLA: The IFLA Internet Manifesto

In Defense of Freedom

USA PATRIOT Act (reproduced on Electronic Frontier Foundation site)

Operation TIPS: Terrorism Information and Prevention System

Bill C-36: The Anti-Terrorism Act (as passed by the House of Commons)

Opening Address: Access & Privacy: Casualties of the War on Terrorism?

Speaker: Richard Rosenberg

Books:
Rosenberg, Richard S. Social Impact of Computers. 2nd ed. San Diego, Calif : Academic Press, c1997.

Session I: The Big Picture

Speakers:Donald Gutstein & Catherine Murray

Books & Articles:
Gutstein, Donald. E.con : How the Internet Undermines Democracy. Toronto : Stoddart, 1999.

Karim, Karim H. The Islamic Peril: Media and Global Violence. Montreal : Black Rose Books, 2000.

Kellner, Douglas. "Reading the Gulf War: Production/Text/Reception." In Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics between the Modern and the Postmodern. New York : Routledge, 1995.

Rifkin, Jeremy. "Global Media Giants Lobby to Privatize Entire Broadcast Spectrum."
MediaFile 20:4 (Autumn 2001)

Website:

Media Awareness Network

Session II: The View from the Independents

Speakers:

* Lorraine Chisholm (Co-op Radio)
* Morgan Chojnacki (VCN)
* Murray Dobbin
* Elaine Brière
* Sid Chow Tan (ICTV)
* Rolf Maurer (New Star Books)

Books & Articles:

Dobbin, Murray. The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizen : Democracy Under the Rule of Big Business. Toronto : Stoddart, 1998.

Goldberg, Kim. The Barefoot Channel : Community Television as a Tool for Social Change. Vancouver : New Star Books, 1990.

Hardin, Herschel. Closed Circuits: The Sellout of Canadian Television. Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 1985.

Perelman, Michael. Steal This Idea : Intellectual Property Rights and the Corporate Confiscation of Creativity. New York : Palgrave, c2002.

Websites:

Co-op Radio

ICTV: Independent Community Television Cooperative

Independent Media Centre (IndyMedia)

New Star Books

Redeye (Co-op Radio)

Vancouver CommunityNet (VCN)

Session III: Libraries Respond

Speakers:

* Colleen Alstad
* Alison Curtis (on behalf of Judith Neamtan)
* Mark Koep
* Brian Campbell

Books:
McCabe, Ronald B. Civic Librarianship : Renewing the Social Mission of the Public Library. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2001.

Websites:

Alternative News on the Web

Selected links from Mark Koep

ClearChannel Banned Playlist:

* ABCNews. "Songs Don't Remain the Same: Following Attacks, Radio Network Asks Stations to Drop Certain Songs"

* San Antonio Business Journal. "Clear Channel Denies Existence of 'Banned Playlist"