Comments on: Episode 55 tonight http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com/2008/08/27/episode-55-tonight/ A weekly live interactive roundtable discussion of all things library, every Wednesday at 10 PM Eastern Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:28:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Greg Schwartz http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com/2008/08/27/episode-55-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Greg Schwartz Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:25:13 +0000 http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com/?p=186#comment-400 Cool. Thanks for the perspective on that. You haven't seen anything online where anyone from UIC provides that side of the story, have you? Cool. Thanks for the perspective on that. You haven’t seen anything online where anyone from UIC provides that side of the story, have you?

]]> By: Jenny Levine http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com/2008/08/27/episode-55-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Jenny Levine Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:39:27 +0000 http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com/?p=186#comment-398 Unfortunately, I can't call in tonight, but I know people at the UIC Library, and <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-ayers-thurs-21-aug21,0,714266.column" rel="nofollow">the press has really spun the Annenburg papers story into just that - a story</a>. No one currently involved with the collection at the library was around when the original finding aid was posted online, so no one knew that the donor hadn't signed the papers. They just had to scrub SSNs and personal financial data before providing access, which they've done. So it wasn't really "reversing" their decision, since they had planned to provide access all along. I hope tonight's discussion includes the full story, and not just what you're reading in the Trib, which is well-known for its conservative slant. Unfortunately, I can’t call in tonight, but I know people at the UIC Library, and the press has really spun the Annenburg papers story into just that – a story. No one currently involved with the collection at the library was around when the original finding aid was posted online, so no one knew that the donor hadn’t signed the papers. They just had to scrub SSNs and personal financial data before providing access, which they’ve done.

So it wasn’t really “reversing” their decision, since they had planned to provide access all along. I hope tonight’s discussion includes the full story, and not just what you’re reading in the Trib, which is well-known for its conservative slant.

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