The controversy over the status of various GLBTQ-themed books (and now, apparently, any "sexually explicit" books) in the young adult section at the West Bend Library has taken a turn for the worse. The city's common council voted against reappointing…
Month: April 2009
UW-M School of Information Studies Statement of Support for the West Bend Library
In recent weeks, two citizens of West Bend, Wisconsin have petitioned the West Bend Community Memorial Library to remove gay-themed books from a section designated “Young Adults,” arguing the books should be reclassified and placed in a restricted area requiring…
Read More UW-M School of Information Studies Statement of Support for the West Bend Library
UW-Milwaukee Releases Grade Data to Media; What About FERPA?
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently received 2 years worth of grading data from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. You can search the data here, which provides specific grading details (but not student names or identifiers) for any particular class or instructor…
Read More UW-Milwaukee Releases Grade Data to Media; What About FERPA?
Follow the Library 2.0 Symposium at Yale Law School
I'm attending the Library 2.0 Symposium organized by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. We're only an hour into the agenda, and it has already been an incredibly provocative and enlightening event. You can follow the Twitter stream…
Read More Follow the Library 2.0 Symposium at Yale Law School
MichaelZimmer.org 