Librarians are on the front lines of maintaining the integrity of the American electoral system. The HarperCollins eBook Boycott is an essential part of ensuring the future of libraries

1. Hello, beautiful people! My name isAmelia Peloquin. I’m a library/tech/web consultant in and around Massachusetts. (This is what my head looks like.)

2. Stuff I Like:

3. Here’s something I’m working on: http://www.southboroughlib.org/

4. We’re having lots of fun with Google Analytics.

5. People are getting dumber. amelialouise

6. Publishers want to sell books & make money. amelialouise

7. They don’t care. amelialouise

8. So, why am I talking about this at a technology panel?

9. We need you to fight HarperCollins. “Plan A is to stop putting dangerous, anti-patron technology into your collections…” - Cory Doctorow, on DRM BoingBoing.net: http://boingboing.net/2011/02/25/harpercollins-to-lib.html Fight this tooth & nail. Don’t be nice.

10. Don’t count on Overdrive (or any other vendor) to negotiate on your behalf.

11. Don’t count on Overdrive (or any other vendor) to negotiate on your behalf. Overdrive wants to sell ebooks and make money.They don’t care.

12. Librarians are the only players in the eBook showdown who are dedicated to serving the needs of library patrons.

13. As paper books lose market share, libraries are becoming less and less relevant.

14. As paper books lose market share, libraries are becoming less and less relevant. Not cool. 

15. As paper books lose market share, libraries are becoming less and less relevant. Not cool. What will the role of libraries be 100 years from now, when paper books are a novelty?

16. An educated electorate is vital in order to have a functional democratic process.Lack of information literacy is actively undermining our entire political system.

17. Worst. Billboard. Ever. amelialouise

18. Hey, America’s got a big problem! NYTimes.com: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/us/politics/22scotus.html We need your help.

19. But hey! Humanity is getting smarter.

23. Don’t spend your collections budget on DRM-crippled products

24. Push back, get creative

25. Argue!

26. Befriend your legislators