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100: ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels
Steve chats with Keith Michael Fiels, Executive Director of the American Library Association.
Keith Michael Fiels has served as Executive Director of the American Library Association since 2002. Under his leadership, ALA has established a new Office for Library Advocacy, dramatically expanded the Association’s professional publishing and professional development program, brought thousands of library Friends groups into the Association worked on a major community engagement initiative for libraries and, most recently, established a new ALA Center for the Future of Libraries.
Prior to coming to ALA, he served as Director of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, where he was in charge of state and federal programs for libraries. In Massachusetts, he led efforts to secure over $500 million in state funds for public library reconstruction and access for libraries of all types to shared online resources and networks.
He has also served as President of the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies, as the founding director of a library consortium in New Jersey, and as a planning consultant for the New York and New Jersey State Libraries. He has worked as a public and school librarian and as an independent library consultant. He is co-author of a number of books on planning and technology, and has spoken about libraries at hundreds of conferences, workshops and other public events.
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96: Glenn Fleishman
Glenn Fleishman is a technology journalist with decades of writing experience. He’s written dozens of editions of books in the Take Control series and for other publishers, penned thousands of articles for the Economist, the New York Times, Macworld, TidBITS, and many other publications, and run his own editorial operations at Wi-Fi Networking News and The Magazine.
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Glenn’s site
Take Control of Slack Basics
Take Control of Slack Admin
“Capital Crimes, Part 1: SHOUT, SHOUT, LET IT ALL OUT” [meh.com]
“Capital Crimes, Part 2: Usenet Has No CHILL” [meh.com]
95: Knight News Challenge on Libraries – WINNERS
91: Jamie LaRue – ALA OIF
Jamie LaRue is the director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, and the Freedom to Read Foundation. Author of “The New Inquisition: Understanding and Managing Intellectual Freedom Challenges,” LaRue was a public library director for many years, as well as a weekly newspaper columnist and cable TV host. He has written, spoken, and consulted on leadership and organizational development, community engagement, and the future of libraries.
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88: Steve Albrecht
As a trainer, speaker, author, and consultant, Dr. Steve Albrecht is internationally known for his expertise in high-risk HR issues. He provides consulting, threat assessments, site security surveys, corrective coaching, and training seminars in workplace violence prevention, harassment prevention, drug and alcohol awareness, team building, conflict resolution, high-risk customer service, and stress management.
In 1994, Dr. Albrecht co-wrote Ticking Bombs: Defusing Violence in the Workplace, one of the first business books on workplace violence. Besides his work as a conference presenter and keynote speaker, he appears in the media and on the Internet, as a source on workplace violence, security, crime, and terrorism. He was featured in the 2009 BBC documentary “Going Postal.”
His 17 business and police books include Library Security; Tough TrainingTopics; Tactical Perfection for Street Cops; Added Value Negotiating; Service, Service, Service!; Fear and Violence on the Job; Streetwork; and Contact and Cover.
Dr. Albrecht holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He has been a trainer for 28 years and is certified as a SHRM-CP and a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM); a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) by the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS); and a Board Certified Coach (BCC).
In 1999, Steve retired from the San Diego Police Department, where he had worked since 1984, both as a full-time officer and later as a reserve sergeant. He spent six years in the Domestic Violence Unit, where he handled over 1,500 cases.
He is the past San Diego Chapter President for the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP). He holds the ATAP designation, “Certified Threat Manager.” He can be reached at www.DrSteveAlbrecht.com or on Twitter @DrSteveAlbrecht.
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Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities
Steve’s site
Black Belt Librarians
87: Knight News Challenge on Libraries
84: Andy Ihnatko
Steve chats with Andy Ihnatko, tech columnist at The Chicago Sun-Times and prolific podcaster.
Andy Ihnatko is The Chicago Sun-Times’ technology columnist. He’s also the co-host of the MacBreak Weekly podcast for the This Week In Tech network and his own Ihnatko Almanac podcast on 5by5. You can follow him on Twitter as @ihnatko, or check out his blog at http://ihnatko.com/.
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Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth
Andy’s Boston Public Library Flickr album
“The Secret Garden”
77: Alison Macrina
Steve chats with Alison Macrina, the founder and director of the Library Freedom Project.
Alison Macrina is a librarian, privacy rights activist, and the founder and director of the Library Freedom Project, an initiative which aims to make real the promise of intellectual freedom in libraries by teaching librarians and their local communities about surveillance threats, privacy rights and law, and privacy-protecting technology tools to help safeguard digital freedoms. Alison is passionate about connecting surveillance issues to larger global struggles for justice, demystifying privacy and security technologies for ordinary users, and resisting an internet controlled by a handful of intelligence agencies and giant multinational corporations. When she’s not doing any of that, she’s reading.
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Library Freedom Project
Digital Rights in Libraries conference
Library Digital Privacy Pledge
Tor Exit Relays in Libraries
Kilton Library’s Tor node is back online [BoingBoing]
76: Merlin Mann
Merlin Mann is an independent writer, speaker, and broadcaster based in San Francisco.
Merlin created 43 Folders, co-hosts Back to Work, Roderick on the Line, and Reconcilable Differences (and appears on many other podcasts), and speaks and consults about things like email, time & attention, and creative work.
Sure, Merlin also makes and does other stuff, including kinda-famous things like Inbox Zero, the Hipster PDA, the Procrastination Dash, 5ives, That Phone Guy, and, of course, his personal favorite, “Cranking.” Merlin strongly discourages you from following him on Twitter.
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Circulating Ideas 