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Revised Syllabus Readings For Today:
[|ALA Code of Ethics] Mosley 1998 (in CTools) SKIP - Medical Library Association Code of Ethics, Lenkner 2008

NEW: HarperCollins OverDrive Issue Resources

 * ===Choose at least three resources total. Seek a variety of perspectives!===

HarperCollins' official statement and posts supporting their position
 * [|HC's official statement on Library Love Fest blog 3/1/2011]
 * [|Jason Griffey]- academic library perspective
 * [|Martin Taylor]at TeleRead

OverDrive's Statement > Professional Organizations Respond:
 * [|Steve Potash,] OverDrive CEO
 * [|ALA Washington Office, 3/8/11]
 * NEW - [|ALA Press Release 3/14/2011]
 * [|YALSA Blog, 3/7/2011]
 * [|ALA President Roberta Stevens on Facebook]

HarperCollins Authors > Press
 * [|Marilyn Johnson], author of //This Book is Overdue,// on the "27th Patron"
 * [|Neil Gaiman] (indirectly related - scroll down past the photos) and, more directly, [|here]
 * [|Library Journal, 3/7/11]
 * [|ABC News 3/9/2011]
 * [|USA Today, 3/8/2011]
 * [|CBC] - a Canadian perspective, 3/9/2011
 * [|BBC] - a UK perspective, 3/12/2011

Libraries and Library Consortia
 * [|Pioneer Library System's Open Library to HarperCollins 3/1/2011] - cached version (original link no longer works ... hmmmm)
 * [|Pioneer Library System YouTube video evaluating whether HarperCollins print books wear out after 26 checkouts]
 * [|San Rafael Public Library] (via Librarian in Black)
 * [|Northeast Kansas Library System]

Librarians Promoting Action
 * [|Boycott Harper Collins] site

Librarians Weighing In (I'm skipping folks who showed up a lot in your blog projects - like Agnostic Maybe and Librarian in Black - to stretch you a bit) Librarians Promoting Alternate Plans
 * [|Matthew D. Hamilton]
 * [|Kevin Smith] - Duke University
 * [|Laura Crossett]- public library
 * [|BeerBrarian]
 * [|Free Range Librarian] - academic library perspective (she was mentioned in your blog projects frequently, but her perspective is unique)
 * [|Peter Bromberg]
 * [|Library Renewal]
 * [|The Analog Divide]
 * [|BluePixie]
 * [|Jessamyn West - 2/26/2011]
 * [|Eric Hellman - 3/11/2011] (found via Emily T's Twitter feed - thanks!)
 * [|Steve Lawson and Iris Jastram, 3/9/2011]

And a final word:

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