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LaborTech '08 conference

• sunday December 7, 2008, 2:15 - 3:45pm
• Presenters:
  • Eli Edwards
  • James Jacobs, radical reference
  • Shannon Sheppard, Holt Labor Library

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

• libraries and privacy ( Eli 20min)
  • Libraries, Social Networking and Privacy
    • What is Privacy? “THE RIGHT TO BE LEFT ALONE” - Louis Brandeis
  • 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
      • Fact Sheet on Workplace Privacy
      • Good News Out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
      • The Other Side of the Pendulum:
        • The Supreme Court and the Third Circuit afford the speech of public employees -- like public school teachers -- First Amendment protection if their speech relates to matters of public concern: So long as employees are speaking as citizens about matters of public concern, they must face only those speech restrictions that are necessary for their employers to operate efficiently and effectively. Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 411 (2006)
  • From the Inside Out: Who Can See What You Post Online
  • Threshold Issues:
    • Who Sees Your Information
    • Who Controls your Information
    • Are the Answers to the Questions Above Good Enough?
      • Two Stories about MySpace:
        • The Lori Drew Case
        • The Stacey Snyder Case
  • What You Can Do
    • Keep in Mind How Sticky and Easy to Find Your Info May Be
    • Use Privacy Controls When Practical
      • Always Easier to Make Private Info Public than to Make Public Info Private
    • When Possible, Pick Social Networking Apps That Support Your Privacy
    • Ask For More/Better Privacy Filters and Features on the Platforms You Do Use

• Independent libraries and collaborative 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)
      • Library Service to Labor Unions (article from 1948)
  • 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
  • Radical Reference Resources
  • Free Labor Portals & Local Resources: Shannon Sheppard. [2]
  • Internet Archive
  • Where to find government information
  • FedStats
  • Laborsta: Labor statistics from International Labor Organization (ILO)
  • UNdata
  • Open Congress - track bills, votes, congress critters
  • Every Block - media, demographic and governmental data at the local level, block by block

• 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
  • Privacy on the internet (Here's a hint: make sure you use scroogle INSTEAD of google for anonymous Web search, and Tor for anonymous surfing!)