The videos from AL Focus keep coming. Here's the latest one, which follows a print column on its journey through the publishing process for American Libraries magazine. It goes nicely with Jenni's post over on the ALA Editions blog about 24 Weeks to a Finished Book, which explains how a manuscript grows up to become an ALA Editions book.

There are also a couple of new interviews in the ALA in Focus series, as well as A Very Special Episode of The Wheel of Confusion series titled The Longest Acronym Ever???

There probably won't be much new video on the site until after everyone returns from Annual with the footage they've shot, so hopefully this will help you pass the time until then. :)

How would you feel if your social tools weren't so social, deciding for you what you can and can't see? Unfortunately I don't have time to write this up properly, but there's a big controversy surrounding Flickr in Singapore, Germany, Korea, and other countries. Where are the protests taking place? On Flickr, of course. Fascinating viewing in a 2.0 world.

Keep in mind that in the context of restricting what you can view, this is what legislators are trying to do in this country's libraries. (Thanks, Kay)