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sj posts some follow up comments from the librarian interviewed for the Syracuse Post-Standard article slamming Wikipedia. The reporter based his negative column on some comments she made. It seems she meant them in a somewhat different fashion.
"I just re-read what I originally sent to Al Fasoldt in the recent Post-Standard column. I’m afraid I [...]

Banned Books Week is one of my favorite library-related celebrations. I’ve probably said this a hundred times in this space, but one of the big reasons I became a librarian is to support intellectual freedom. Some people think it’s a appropriate to prevent others from reading materials they find objectionable. Perhaps they never think that [...]

All four of us across the United States (that I know of). We can help with fact checking and all sorts of things, too, related to the universities at which we work.

A letter to the editor from Wikipedia contributor Samuel Klein points out that Encyclopedia Britannica has a disclaimer similar to the one Dr. Dale Hoiberg made fun of in the September 9th Washington Post article.
“Britannica’s editors are among those who take a skeptical view, noting that Wikipedia publishes a disclaimer stating that it does not [...]

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The other day when I was giving my presentation, I mentioned how I almost always have referer links for "hot chicks." Of course, Wednesday night was one night in a few where these links were not easy to spot in my log, if they were there at all. Friday night, I had an added bonus: [...]