IFAction

If you are concerned with intellectual freedom and/or libraries, you should subscribe to the IFAction News Roundup. Here are a few articles from this week's list:

• Edtech Startups Protest FCC Proposal for ‘Two-Tiered Internet’
• Why a government watchdog says your phone calls are private, but your e-mails are not
• On the Next Docket: How the First Amendment Applies to Social Media
• Ads prompt libraries to put newspaper out of sight

There's more great stuff on the list, too.

Links!

• Libraries, Books, & Authors
• For my librarian friends that have attended ALA conferences: Survey: Code of Conduct Violations at ALA Conferences 
• Kansas City suburb to allow 9-year-old’s Little Free Library At least temporarily. 
• The big city library as Internet provider 
• Stephen Krashen to LA School Board: Invest in Libraries 
• Mentoring Gen-X Librarians 
• Research Ready: Website Evaluator Very handy for all of you teaching information literacy, specifically evaluation of sources!
• J.K. Rowling Just Posted A New Harry Potter Short Story 
• SAGE Publications busts “peer review and citation ring,” 60 papers retracted 
• Jul 8, 1918: Hemingway is wounded 
• Net & Tech
• The Academic Journal That Published The Facebook Experiment Is Having Second Thoughts Ya think? 
• Speaking of FB, Facebook Is Now Selling Your Web-Browsing Data To Advertisers Related: How to Stop Facebook From Using Your Browsing History 
• This Kid Made an App That Exposes Sellout Politicians Nifty! Useful! Sort of depressing...
• Science
• Strokes increasing among adolescents, young adults 
• Obesity: We're not overeating, we're under-exercising, study suggests 
• Math And Reading Abilities Driven By Same Genes 
• Researchers Make Significant Progress In The Development Of An Alzheimer's Blood Test 
• No, Sunscreen Will Not Give You Cancer 
• Other
• Detroit activist slams reporter on air for misreporting reasons for water shutoff to thousands 
• Thai news: Protester may face lese majeste for holding “Long Live USA” placard on July 4th 
• Fighting rages at Somali presidential palace 
• “The Vicar of Baghdad”: Peacebuilding in Iraq’s Red Zone 
• The best of capitalism is over for rich countries – and for the poor ones it will be over by 2060 
• Ask the Headhunter: The sign of ignorance all employers hold against you 
• Lights, Camera, Mortician! The Rise of 'Fun Funerals'