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
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.
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:
ICTV: Independent Community Television Cooperative
Independent Media Centre (IndyMedia)
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:
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"