Sunday, December 11, 2005

Info679: "Do Artifacts Have Politics?" By Langdon Winner

See the full text of Langdon Winner's famous article, "Do Artifacts Have Politics?" 1986

http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~rfrost/courses/Women+Tech/readings/Winner.html

Think about how you would update this article's key question for the information and communications of today--- the Internet? Internet filtering? IM-ing? Pod casting? Mobile phones? Computer in the classroom? Blogging? Wiki's? Virtual reference? Napster et al.?
What else?

Info679: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Look especially at Article 19.

Info679: Information Ethics at UNESCO

Information Ethics at UNESCO http://www.unesco.org
Check out the links below:


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Archives Portal
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Updated:
2005-12-09
Libraries Portal
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Categories:899
Updated:
2005-12-04
Information Society Observatory
Links:2054
Categories:303
Updated:
2005-12-05
Free & Open Source Software Portal
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2005-10-

Info679: Information Ethics on the Invisible Web

Sources for Information Ethics on the Invisible or Deep Web? Where to Look!

Take a look at this useful pathfinder on the Invisible Web!

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html

Info679: WebJunction: Preparing the Current and the Next Generation

WebJunction: Preparing the Current and the Next Generation
http://www.webjunction.org

WebJunction is a substantial partnership to promote libraries and librarianship. Funded largely by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and co-ordinated by OCLC and others, WebJunction is an experiment in providing educational resources in a virtual community setting. See for yourself what WebJunction can do to help you enhance your work and service.

Info679: Librarians' Index to the Internet

Librarians' Index to the Internet

Info679: Pathfinders from the Internet Public Library

Pathfinders from the Internet Public Library
These will give you an idea of the format and scope. Look for other examples and articles about pathfinders and bibliographic instruction.

The International Center for Information Ethics

The International Center for Information Ethics
http://icie.zkm.de

Marti's Faculty Website

Take a look http://www.cis.drexel.edu/faculty/msmith

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