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Category Archives: Intellectual Freedom
Support Intellectual Freedom in Canada – Sign the Petition for Dale Askey
If you are believe in intellectual and academic freedom, sign the petition that urges Herbert Richardson, founder and editor of Edwin Mellen Press, to drop the last remaining libel lawsuit against Dale Askey. https://www.change.org/petitions/edwin-mellen-press-end-libel-suit-against-dale-askey
Update from the Canadian Council of Archives – Urgent need for action…
Please find attached the latest update from CCA in pdf format BriefingNote_NADPJune2012eng ) and ( BriefingNote_NADPJune2012-FR ) copied below, which corrects information previously released by the CLA and other organizations. A copy of the message that is being circulates follows: … Continue reading
TIMELINE has been launched…send us information, reports, documents or events to add
A TIMELINE (see tab in top menu) documenting concerns and issues related to the two professions, archivism and librarianship at academic or related institutions has been launched. Send us missing documents, reports, events to chart how we arrived at this … Continue reading
Freedom to Read Week, Feb. 26 to March 3, 2012
This week celebrates the freedom to read. Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Black Wednesday – Stop SOPA
Several websites have gone black to today to protest over SOPA, including Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla, WordPress, and BoingBoing, will go dark today to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Michael Geist explains … Continue reading
Banned or Threatened Books in the United States – Celebrating the Freedom to Read
Intellectual freedom is celebrated annually by the Banned Books Week, (next year Sept 30 – Oct 6, 2012) held each year in the fall. Do you think this is not relevant to college or university contexts? Think again. In the … Continue reading
Lybia Celebrates the Unbanning of Books
F.Y.I. The Toronto Star article Nov. 15, 2011, notes the “unbanning of books” and celebration of intellectual freedom in Lybia.
Revolt in Cairo – Short Film from FAIFE session at IFLA conference
Dr. Shawky Salem, Chairman of Alex Centre for Multimedia & Libraries in Alexandria, Egypt, presented an update on what was happening in Egypt at the FAIFE session (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression) in Puerto … Continue reading
Your Intellectual Property Rights – What are they?
After completing a special project or inventing a new resource, have you ever wondered who owns that work, you or your employer, the University of Toronto? For academic librarians it is important to be aware of what you own intellectual … Continue reading
Does the Munk School belong to UofT?
See recent varsity article on the Munk Schook and intellectual freedom concerns: http://thevarsity.ca/articles/45035
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