LISNews: Librarian News

Last things first, here is the view off the Smolen-Gulf Covered Bridge referenced at the end of the episode:

Click the picture for a larger view on Flickr.

This week's episode includes an interview with Will Manley discussing his recent forays into looking at politics and the profession. A miscellany of items is presented of items that caught our attention but were not expanded upon into larger items. OhioLinuxFest 2010 is mentioned as there is going to be a main track presentation about libraries & librarians at an event that really isn't librarian-focused.

Related links:
Diligent Room on making textbooks with pediapress
Ray Bradbury talking revolution
Terry Reese on paywalls
Byron York at the Washington Examiner talking Kindles and Civil Rights In Education
Slate on the communications strategy of the Russian spy ring that was recently sent home
Barry Kauler on Puppy Linux 5.1
Reuters on how Americans don't want government to build out broadband
CNN talking about the rise of electrical black-outs in America
BBC News on the rise in enrollment at Open University
BBC News discussing the Google-Verizon open Internet proposal
CNET's Molly Wood talking about the Google-Verizon proposal lacking any provisions relative to mobile broadband
Andrew Orlowski on Google's seeming self-interest in the Google-Verizon proposal
Andrew Orlowski on the web's hyper-powers and how the Google-Verizon proposal might lead to their being locked in as hyper-powers
The Economist on changes in global communications