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Ask A Librarian: Dealing with haters?

Librarian.net

A friend writes in: What are you doing about the idiotic book bannings and attacks on Librarians and what can I do to help? Familiarize yourself with the books (go read Gender Queer , some of the others ) so you know what’s being talked about. Talk to your local public and school librarians about what would be helpful for them.

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Swarming and Followership; Distance Leading

Public Policy Blog

Regarding the topic of followership and technology, particularly in the realm of social media there seems to be a gap in the literature that should be resolved as it pertains to participation, technology, followership and public administration. SOCIAL SWARMING: Asymmetric effects on public discourse in future conflict.

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Call for Chapters: Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS) - Deadline September 8th #ACRL

A Library Writer's Blog

Gray literature, government data, policy documents, social media, and more must be addressed alongside conventional scholarly publications. Policy Evaluation/Grey Literature vi. Social Media/News Proposal Submission Please submit your chapter proposal through this Google Form. Quantitative Data ii.

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Call for Chapters: Teaching Information Literacy in Political Science, Public Affairs, and International Studies (TILPSPAIS) #ACRL

A Library Writer's Blog

Gray literature, government data, policy documents, social media, and more must be addressed alongside conventional scholarly publications. Policy Evaluation/Grey Literature vi. Social Media/News Proposal Submission Please submit your chapter proposal through this Google Form. Quantitative Data ii.

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CFP: Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies #ACRL #ACRLPublication

A Library Writer's Blog

Dear Colleagues, We are issuing a call for proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled, Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies to be published by ACRL (forthcoming Spring 2024). Expected Book Publication: Spring 2024. Please see below for specific topic suggestions.

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“We are as gods and might as well get used to it.”

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

.” This wonderful review essay, built around a review of three books each of which place the somewhat jaded optimism of the Internet’s early promise in a larger frame and, in the process, asks some unsettling questions power, politics and performance. You can click the link and get access for yourself.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements.