Designing the Diversity of Canadian Libraries: Excerpts from the CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar by Racialized Library Colleagues
(from Partnership)
> The following was written by Baharak Yousefi, Ebony Magnus, Yoonhee Lee, and me. It was originally sent as a response to a list-serv discussion on the requirement of an MLS, MLIS, or similar degree for entry into the profession and the impacts of this requirement on “equity, diversity, and inclusion.”
@dbs That was a good session today! Please pass along my thanks to everyone involved. Some great discussion---just the kind of strong stuff I come to CAUT events for.
@djfiander Do you think of things at the level of Ex Libris and ProQuest? I try to roll them up to the highest level, so I say Omni is rented from Clarivate, and mention numbers like this.
There's a template Word document here that has been copied by promotions committees for years. When I export to PDF I see this junk. I think it's based on a #YorkUniversity template, and years ago, the unknown creator hit some nonsense in a properties metadata field, and that nonsense has been copied onwards ever since.
I can't stand the trend for #Android icons to be constrained in little white circles. And all the designs are so flat and boring. They become indistinguishable.
So. I will never again knowingly buy any book "published" by Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons or Penguin Random House. I won't give my money to content-hoarding corporations.
@cstross@mike@PonderStibbons In Canada the Public Lending Right covers print and e, but the ebooks rented by public libraries are DRMed same as elsewhere. I don't see the DRM issue as being about use and replacement; it's just publishers taking more money by putting new language in license contracts.
Reference question about finding a 1795 French math article. (Hell of a time to be doing math in France.) Check out this beautiful page and typsetting.
The Greek letters at the bottom right are a "catchword," indicating here (on the verso) what will be at the top of the facing page (recto). Usually it's a word, but this is a math article so it's part of a formula.
I want to beg a favor of the Fediverse. For an amusing research project, I need to look at 2 articles in the Times of London from 1860. I believe those are there in their digital archive? If not, oh well. If so, neither I nor my local public library has a subscription; does anyone reading this? This might enrich an entertaining blog piece in progress… Thanks in advance. [Update: Got an offer of assistance within 5 minutes!]
All parameters, options and functions should work with Commonwealth English spelling, not just American English. Is there some way to make this happen for basic #Unix and #Linux commands? #Rstats and the Tidyverse is great for this: scale_colour_brewer() and scale_color_brewer() are the same.
The library copy of Hacks, Leaks and Revelations by @micahflee (which I ordered for the collection) arrived, and I immediately borrowed it. Started to read it; realized I need my own print copy. (It's free online.) Looks like a fantastic introduction to a wide set of tools, applied to leaked data, so there's an important and engaging set of examples.
Went to Brodart's site to order some library supplies, and it's "unavailable until further notice." Did a search on «brodart breach» and sure enough, they were breached in October and announced in November. News to me. Over to Carr McLean.
