On Twitter today I learned that Vancouver Public Library is making a change to its internet use policy. You can read the document yourself, but here’s the addition: Users must not use any workstation or the public wireless network to display explicit sexual images. Staff will advise users of inappropriate conduct as required and will…
A couple of days ago The Tyee reported that VPL’s Marketing and Communications Manager Jean Kavanagh’s sent a memo in November 2009 to staff outlining rules about branding and logos of non-Olympic sponsors. The quote that stuck in my head was Kavanagh’s advice to stick a little piece of tape to cover a non-sponsor logo:…
On 6 May, an e-mail from a Vancouver Public Library Director instructed all VPL Branch Heads: “If the Walk for Palestine poster is up in your branch please remove it. We have had a number of complaints about it.” The poster advertised a number of events around Palestine Solidarity Month, and contained the phrase “60…
This evening, I went down to the Vancouver Public Library’s main branch to hear Greg Felton talk. Now, I have to admit that even writing that sentence makes me feel slightly queasy. But this post isn’t going to be a dissection of Felton’s views. You can Google his name & find those out easily enough.…
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