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Re: Owain Glyndŵr Day

sabram — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 18:53:45 -0000

Dave: You might find it interesting that Owain Glyndŵr was my 19th great grandfather.

Re: SXSW PanelPicker®

sabram — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:33:06 -0000

Timely!

Re: U.S. Court: Detroit students have no right to access to literacy

sabram — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 14:56:11 -0000

Children’s Rights Simplified
The United States has signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), but is the only United Nations member state that is not a party to it.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified in 1989, is the most-signed human rights legislation in the world. As an international law, the rights are not-so-easy to read. Here’s a simplified version.
https://www.6seconds.org/20...
This is an amazing judgement from this Canadian's point of view.
Then again, 45 just joined Iraq, North Korea and Eritrea as the only UN members who don't support the UNHRC. What's happening?!

Re: The soundbite phenomenon

sabram — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:55:19 -0000

Family Man:

I suppose it would look like a soundbite phenomenon if one limited oneself to just panel discussions (or short reports thereof) and blog postings. That would be a shame. All of the panelists in this session write books, long form articles and public reports exploring in deeper ways the issues explored in this session. a variety of formats creates a healthy discussion ecology. One would hope that our blogging and panel discussion formats, where soundbites are used to engage and challenge the audience, would encourage our professional colleagues to read a little deeper before forming an opinion, strategy or policy. Then again I've been following the discussion about our ALA session on Web4Lib and most people seem to be reacting not to the 90 minute session live or the MP3 file/video but to the 3 paragraph short blog report on the LJ blog. I am quite amazed at my colleagues ability to write deeply felt discussion list postings based on a blog soundbite (sometimes impugning or imagining the speakers' intent) that are longer than the LJ posting! I hope they'll eventually gather and build a fully informed opinion. I am not distressed about this but it worries me that so many of our colleagues might neglect to verify the facts before uncritically sharing their conclusions and opinions.

Thanks for thinking about the roles of the various formats for enlivening discussion of the issues facing our profession and users.

Stephen (Another family man)