lower east side librarian

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative is hosting a training, or really an "untraining," meaning the event's program will be devised at the beginning of the day, based on the attendees' preferences, on using OpenOffice, the open source rival of MS Office. (I wonder if there will be any discussion of the Mac version, NeoOffice.) The event will be held at Google's NYC offices, so there may be some talk about Google docs and the like, as well.

June 5th, 2008 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, 76 9th Avenue. Register.

It's Drupal BarCamp time, once again in NYC, and as usual, I'll be out of town. But if I weren't going to be at WAM, I'd be at Brooklyn Polytechnic learning how to make this site (and others, notably Radical Reference) better.

Sign up now, they're capping registration at 120. It's free. You'll learn the same kind of stuff other groups might charge you $1200 for.

They've got to know at the Queens Library that the title "Coping Skills Librarian" is going to cause some titters.

The position has a noble and much needed mission, "Plans, schedules, organizes, promotes and monitors coping skills programs in languages other than English." and more like that.

I'm on a cleaning and clearing tear, with a goal of purging 20% of my belongings. To that end my spouse Eric and I are hosting a two apartment giving stuff away event on January 5. If you'll be in NYC, let me know, and I'll give you the info.

Then on January 6 we'll haul any remaining electronics to Union Square for the Lower East Side Ecology Center's 5th Annual "After the Holidays"
Recycled Electronics Collection Drive.

The 20th Annual Independent and Small Press Book Fair will be Saturday, December 1st and Sunday, December 2nd, at the New York Center for Independent Publishing (an educational program of The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen), at 20 West 44th Street in New York City. As always, it's free. ...

From the NYC Anarchists discussion list:

Halloween Rocks!
Celebrate Early at the
4th Annual Really Really Free Market

St. Mark's Church on Sunday, October 28th
between noon and 5 p.m.!

Order IndyKids for your public school library! IndyKids has been added to the list of vendors that New York City public school librarians can order for their students.

Radical Reference's inaugural skillshare in cooperation with InterActivist Network is this Sunday from 4-6 on the 3rd floor of ABC No Rio. ...

Since this is the Lower East Side Librarian blog, I feel obligated to announce this event about the history of radicals in the 'hood.

LIBERTARIAN BOOK CLUB / ANARCHIST FORUM: The History of Radical Resistance on the LES.

Tuesday, October 9, at 7:30pm

The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton Street, Manhattan
(just south of Houston St.) ...

It was a very copful weekend. In addition to riding in Critical Mass and getting a ticket for doing so on Friday night, I participated in the Radical Homosexual Agenda's Parade without a Permit on Saturday evening, and on Sunday, hung out with Eric's uncle, a retired Atlanta police officer.