Posted in people, tagged academic freedom, people on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Adding to the Toni Samek theme that we have going here at “We Read Banned Books”…
Dr. Samek has an article in the current issue of Academic Matters: the Journal of Higher Education titled “Librarians and ‘information justice’ “. It’s interesting to read about academic freedom as it applies to librarians in universities. Dr. Samek makes [...]
Posted in people on November 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Check out the latest issue of Library Journal! Congratulations Toni Samek on winning the first ever Library Journal teaching award! And if you haven’t already–read our interview with Toni.
Posted in interviews, people on November 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I first met Toni at a talk she gave for the Vancouver Public Library Board. Her official bio is here, with all of her publications and professional and volunteer activities listed. She’s really busy and also chairs the Canadian Library Association’s Advisory Committee on Intellectual Freedom.
Toni’s political take on librarianship and information [...]
Posted in events, people on November 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Last night, 12 past and present members of the IFC committee, as well as former students and colleagues, met to honor and thank Ann Curry for her contributions to librarianship and intellectual freedom. She is moving to Edmonton to be the Director of the School of Library and Information Studies at U of [...]
