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Why Hackers Should Have Library Cards

Why Hackers Should Have Library Cards. Brought to you by Alison B. A common sense examination of the awesome shit you can get for free with a tiny plastic card. What is a library?.

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Why Hackers Should Have Library Cards

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  1. Why Hackers Should HaveLibrary Cards Brought to you by Alison B. A common sense examination of the awesome shit you can get for free with a tiny plastic card

  2. What is a library? “A library is a temple devoted to the antielitist notion that knowledge should be cheap if not free – doors should be open” Vaidhyanathan, Siva. The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System. New York: Basic Books, 2004. Print. .

  3. Hackers Vs. Librarians Pop Quiz! • Information should be free for everyone!

  4. Hackers Vs. Librarians Hacker Code (Levy) ALA Code of Ethics We provide the highest level of service to all library users through […] equitable access • Information wants to be free

  5. Fuck Censorship Hacker Code (Levy) ALA Code of Ethics We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to censor library resources. • Information still wants to be free

  6. Fuck Authority Hacker Code (Levy) ALA Code of Ethics We do not advance private interests at the expense of library users, colleagues, or our employing institutions. • Mistrust authority

  7. Fuck Privacy Violations Hacker Code (Levy) ALA Code of Ethics We protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or transmitted. • Continue to mistrust authority

  8. Warning: The government are assholes but we are not

  9. Okay, now what? • The library loves you but first you need to make a commitment. It is a small commitment. We won’t even call you.

  10. You can even choose the design.

  11. What your commitment gets you: • Books • Magazines • Music • Movies • Wi-Fi • Access to a typewriter • Graphic Novels • Video Games (East Bay!) • And…

  12. DATABASES HELL YES • Between 2004-2005, California libraries spent $7.76 million on electronic reference materials

  13. And you get to use all of them. For free. (You’re welcome.)

  14. This is where you go.

  15. Look at all the database types!There are over 120 databases JUST FOR YOU.

  16. Hey, it’s us! Thanks, PressDisplay

  17. Learn a language with Mango!It’s like Rosetta Stone but free FOR YOU!

  18. Oh hey a bunch of free e-books with Safari!

  19. EBSCO is like a database Borg hive queenThis metaphor makes sense I swear

  20. Other Databases FOR YOU • Lexus Nexus! • Gale! • EBSCO! • JSTOR! • Genealogy databases! • Every repair manual EVER EVER • E-media of all kinds! • Art! Stats! IT’S ALL THERE MY GOD

  21. You know you want to.

  22. Also, remember that: Librarians are actually paid for their actual job to find information JUST FOR YOU! Come ask us questions! If we don’t have a book or whatever at the library but someone nearby does we will ship it to the library you like best FOR FREE. Really!

  23. In conclusion: Get a library card. If you already have one and show me, I’ll give you some candy.

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