Fascinating privacy ecosphere graphics

Produced by the FTC, this figure illustrates the personal data ecosphere in general and this one provides more specifics for instances such as medical data, retailer loyalty cards, social networking, etc..  I find them worth staring at, even if they are only partially true (which, by the way, I am not asserting).

December 1st is World AIDS Day

December 1, 2009, has been designated World AIDS Day, in order to bring attention to the increasing prevalence of HIV and AIDS. Organizations around the world will be joining together today to promote awareness and education of HIV/AIDS through a variety of events. http://www.worldaidsday.org/

Visit the UCLA AIDS Poster collection (a digital library)
http://digital.library.ucla.edu/aidsposters/about.html

a PSA: Smoking is so bad that it voids your computer's warranty

Heads up, schmokers: Lighting up near your computer is heresy enough that Apple says it voids your warranty should you need to bring a smoke-exposed computer in for repair. Specifically, in at least two instances in different parts of the country, Apple has voided the warranty and refused to provide repair service on Macintosh computers exposed to environments where cigarette smoke has been present. Calling cigarette smoke residue (tar and whatnot) inside a computer a health risk and a "biohazard," in both cases Apple customers have been denied service despite having time left on a valid warranty.

Read the full article here: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/156203

Hat tip: LIS News http://lisnews.org/node/35186/

Journalist report from National Digital Forum

GLAM isn't my area, but I thought this article was thoughtful and of relevance to SIS.  I thought the connection between media and GLAM was worthy of further discussion as well.

Broadband to libraries

This item over at Ars Technica reports on the recent ALA report on Internet access.  Much of the article discusses the difficulties faced by rural libraries in getting access at adequate data rates as well as the funding going with it.  According to the article, the ALA report recommends raising the spending caps on the e-rate program.  It seems that this might be a difficult recommendation to follow given the problems with the e-rate program found by the GAO.