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Library Dean by Day. Learning to be a Climate Activist, too.

VT
Joined March 2008
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June's CEAC newsletter mailchi.mp/b9619c753901/ceac… . You can read past newsletters and subscribe at ceacac.org/e-newsletters/
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CEAC's May Newsletter dropped today with stories about decarbonization, climate optimism, an analysis of the Affordable Heat Act. mailchi.mp/f7ed17f2660e/ceac… Subscribe and read past issues at ceacac.org/e-newsletters/
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The latest issue of JEP just dropped. Under the editorship of @michaeldroy and @DLewis1951 we engage the question of progress from electronic publishing's early days of novelty and possibility to a present that seems less rosy than when JEP began in 1995. journals.publishing.umich.ed…
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The May 2021 midd.data newsletter is out. Check out t.e2ma.net/message/qkzrxf/ac… to learn about a new course, new funding, Arabic paratexts, and much, much more
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For $44 you too can learn how to end the serials crisis, courtesy of Taylor & Francis' Serials Librarian @SerialsLJournal
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Fascinating InfoGraphic-heavy report on the heavy carbon cost of our addiction to disposable electronics, and the reduction in green house gases if our stuff was more repairable. From @The_Maintainers and #RightToRepair static1.squarespace.com/stat…
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Earlier this month, the Lever Press Oversight Committee and Editorial Board gathered in Ann Arbor to take stock of where we’ve come and where we’re headed! There were a few exciting developments:
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Go Beth!
Replying to @BBouloukos
@BBouloukos presenting @Lever_Press to a full room of libraries and presses at #P2L3 in Detroit. Lots of positive reception to business model, values, and now . . . titles flowing.
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Our Invest in Open Project investinopen.org gets some airtime at the @scholarlykitchn .
Today on @scholarlykitchn, I interview @dwhly about the Invest in Open Infrastructure initiative, to promote and support open source. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/…
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Surveillance capitalism comes to technology training as Lynda (now LinkedIn Learning) requires LinkedIn account to access training modules. See ALA post at oif.ala.org/oif/?p=17968 .
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Thrilled to announce that the Vermont Green Mountain Digital Archive is now part of the Digital Public Library of America dp.la/search?mc_cid=f4764b1c…
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nytimes.com/2019/06/05/opini… The dangerous convergence of surveillance capitalism and the sharing economy endangers our children in so many ways. I am glad my kids are close to being past this but wonder what parenting will look like in 20 years.
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The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite via @NYTimes or “it isn’t the robots that are gunning for our jobs” nyti.ms/2HvrVXu?smid=nytcore…
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Another winner from @The_Maintainers regarding the morality of space exploration. "Whitey on Mars: Elon Musk and the rise of Silicon Valley’s strange trickle-down science" aeon.co/essays/is-a-mission-…
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Best quote: "The moral detachment of the plan signifies a deeper pathology that afflicts our culture of innovation, and celebrates innovators such as Musk, who are all too eager to play with gadgets and leave their fellow humans behind."
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