Labortech '08 panel

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	** [[Free Labor Portals & Local Resources]]: Shannon Sheppard. [http://www.slideshare.net/HoltLaborLibrary/labor-tech-2008-pt2-presentation]		** [[Free Labor Portals & Local Resources]]: Shannon Sheppard. [http://www.slideshare.net/HoltLaborLibrary/labor-tech-2008-pt2-presentation]
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organizing for LaborTech 2008 conference

• sunday December 7, 2008, 1:45 - 3pm

Working title: Information tools for the labor movement: libraries, privacy, & free resources

• libraries and privacy ( Eli 20min)
  • Libraries, Social Networking and Privacy
  • From the Outside in: Who Can Gain Access to Your Records
    • Law Enforcement
      • Wiretapping - Phones, Cell Phones, Internet
      • "Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)"
      • Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act
    • Employers
  • From the Inside Out: Who Can See What You Post Online
    • • Two Stories about MySpace:
      • The Lori Drew Case
      • "The Stacey Snyder Case"
• Independent libraries and services: (James and Shannon 20min)
  • radical reference (librarians working collaboratively)
    • Background/history of radical reference
    • radical reference as an open-source organization
    • successes and challenges of a virtual community
    • Background articles on Radical Reference
      • "Radical Reference: taking information to the street." (PDF)
      • "Radical Reference: an open-source organization." (PDF)
  • Holt Labor Library: Shannon Sheppard. [1]
  • List of Alternative libraries

• resources of interest (James, Shannon and Eli 15min)
  • Public libraries!! WorldCat
  • Radical reference research help
  • Free Labor Portals & Local Resources: Shannon Sheppard. [2]
  • free data and statistics:
    • Free government information
    • Radical Reference Resources

• Ideas to explore:
  • Commodification of information
  • Googlization of everything (yes that's the name of a blog & book-in-progress by Siva Vaidhyanathan
  • Creative commons, copyright and "intellectual property" on the internet