Ethics, Info, Tech: Contested Voices, Values, Spaces

My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" was published on Nov. 13, 2025. Purchases can be made via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

U.S. Copyright Office Joins Message on International Women’s Day 2022; U.S. Copyright Office, Issue No. 948, March 8, 2022

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U.S. Copyright Office, Issue No. 948 ;  U.S. Copyright Office Joins Message on International Women’s Day 2022 " The U.S. Copyright Offi...

Holocaust Denial Materials and Other Fascist Content Removed from Library Ebook Platforms; Library Journal, March 7, 2022

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  Matt Enis   , Library Journal; Holocaust Denial Materials and Other Fascist Content Removed from Library Ebook Platforms " In Februar...

ALA Announces $7 Million in Grants to Support Accessibility; American Libraries, March 3, 2022

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  American Libraries;  ALA Announces $7 Million in Grants to Support Accessibility " On March 3, the American Library Association annou...
Monday, March 7, 2022

Opinion: Genomics’ Ethical Gray Areas Are Harming the Developing World; Undark, February 24, 2022

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DYNA ROCHMYANINGSIH , Undark;  Opinion:  Genomics’ Ethical Gray Areas Are Harming the Developing World " Various ethics guidelines on h...

‘Shocking behaviour’: Russian gymnast shows ‘Z’ symbol on podium next to Ukrainian winner; the Guardian, March 6, 2022

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A g e n c i e s , The Guardian;  ‘Shocking behaviour’: Russian gymnast shows ‘Z’ symbol on podium next to Ukrainian winner " “The Inter...
Sunday, March 6, 2022

ResearchGate dealt a blow in copyright lawsuit; Nature, March 4, 2022

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Diana Kwon , Nature;  ResearchGate dealt a blow in copyright lawsuit " A landmark court case in which two major academic publishers sue...

George Orwell Quotes: "War is peace." 1984

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Good Reads; George Orwell Quotes “War is peace.  Freedom is slavery.  Ignorance is strength.” ―  George Orwell,  1984 "

Russia Takes Censorship to New Extremes, Stifling War Coverage; The New York Times, March 4, 2022

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Anton Troianovsk i, The New York Times;  Russia Takes Censorship to New Extremes, Stifling War Coverage " Mr. Putin signed a law that e...
Saturday, March 5, 2022

‘Good Place’ creator Michael Schur asks: How can we live a more ethical life?; The Washington Post, March 4, 2022

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Michael Schur  , The Washington Post;  ‘Good Place’ creator Michael Schur asks: How can we live a more ethical life? " For every consci...

40 Best Maya Angelou Quotes to Live By; Good Housekeeping, February 23, 2022

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  KARLA POPE ,  Good Housekeeping;  40 Best Maya Angelou Quotes to Live By " When someone shows you who they are, believe them the firs...

The Manhattan Project Shows Scientists’ Moral and Ethical Responsibilities; Scientific American, March 2, 2022

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George Iskander,   Scientific American;  The Manhattan Project Shows Scientists’ Moral and Ethical Responsibilities " Collective action...

Yik Yak has returned — and so have reports of cyberbullying, students say; The Record by Recorded Future, February 18, 2022

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Emma Vail , The Record by Recorded Future;  Yik Yak has returned — and so have reports of cyberbullying, students say "Yik Yak, an anon...

A Broad Look at Broadband; American Libraries, March 1, 2022

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American Libraries ;  A Broad Look at Broadband What high-speed internet access and affordability look like around the country " Why Ac...

Statements of Solidarity with Colleagues in Ukraine by Archive, Library, and Other Organizations; Info Docket, Library Journal, February 27, 2022

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  Gary Price , Info Docket, Library Journal;  Statements of Solidarity with Colleagues in Ukraine by Archive, Library, and Other Organizatio...

KC-area library leader quits after trustees rejected diversity, condemned LGBT program; kansascity.com via NewsBreak, February 27, 2022

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kansascity.com via NewsBreak;  KC-area library leader quits after trustees rejected diversity, condemned LGBT program " Steven Potter, ...

BBC, CNN and other global news outlets suspend reporting in Russia; The Guardian, March 4, 2022

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Harriet Sherwood ,  Dan Milmo  and agencies , The Guardian;  BBC, CNN and other global news outlets suspend reporting in Russia " The n...

Ronn Torossian Admits To "Ethical Lapses" Amid News Site Controversy; PRovokeMedia, February 23, 2022

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Diana Marszalek, PRovokeMedia ;  Ronn Torossian Admits To "Ethical Lapses" Amid News Site Controversy " After finally admitti...
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71; The New York Times, February 28, 2022

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Cade Metz , The New York Times;  David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71 Thanks to the invention he helped create in the 1970s, peo...

ALA Stands with Ukrainian Library Community; American Libraries, March 1, 2022

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  American Libraries;  ALA Stands with Ukrainian Library Community " On March 1, the American Library Association (ALA) released a stat...

A New Code for Ethical Collecting Calls on the Art Market to Do Better by Transparently Working with Dealers; ART News, March 1, 2022

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Tessa Solomon , ART News;  A New Code for Ethical Collecting Calls on the Art Market to Do Better by Transparently Working with Dealers ...

Kandinsky Painting Returned to Jewish Heirs by Amsterdam Museum; The New York Times, February 28, 2022

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Colin Moynihan , The New York Times;  Kandinsky Painting Returned to Jewish Heirs by Amsterdam Museum Dutch officials, citing their “moral d...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

The Battle for the Soul of the Library; The New York Times, February 24, 2022

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Stanley Kurtz , The New York Times;  The Battle for the Soul of the Library " Ultimately, librarians who work to balance a library’s ho...

How to protect the first ‘CRISPR babies’ prompts ethical debate; Nature, February 25, 2022

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Smriti Mallapaty , Nature;  How to protect the first ‘CRISPR babies’ prompts ethical debate " Two prominent bioethicists in China are c...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war; The Guardian, February 28, 2022

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Yuval Noah Harari , The Guardian;  Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war " Nations are ultimately built on stories. Each passing...

How to avoid falling for and spreading misinformation about Ukraine; The Washington Post, February 24, 2022

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Heather Kelly , The Washington Post ;  How to avoid falling for and spreading misinformation about Ukraine " Anyone with a phone and an...
Sunday, February 27, 2022

The Backstory: Paywalls and the ethics of charging for news content; The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 26, 2022

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FOR SUBSCRIBERS , The San Diego Union-Tribune;  The Backstory: Paywalls and the ethics of charging for news content [Kip Currier: Not a joke...

Military Brass, Judges Among Professions at New Image Lows; Gallup, January 12, 2022

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LYDIA SAAD , Gallup ;  Military Brass, Judges Among Professions at New Image Lows " Gallup's annual rating of the honesty and ethic...

WHY IS PUBLISHING PLAGIARISM STILL POSSIBLE?; Book Riot, February 15, 2022

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  Alice Nuttall , Book Riot;  WHY IS PUBLISHING PLAGIARISM STILL POSSIBLE? " Spotting plagiarism in books, though, still seems to be a ...
Saturday, February 26, 2022

The Public Interest; American Libraries Magazine, January 23, 2022

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Sallyann Price  ,  American Libraries Magazine ;  The Public Interest What does “public” mean in 2022? "M erriam-Webster defines “publi...

Putin's war was launched on a runway of lies; CNN, February 25, 2022

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Opinion by Frida Ghitis, CNN  ;  Putin's war was launched on a runway of lies " In the end, Putin did exactly what President Biden ...

At Pitt, war or not, Russian and Ukrainian cultures share a bond; PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, February 26, 2022

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BILL SCHACKNER,   PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE ;  At Pitt, war or not, Russian and Ukrainian cultures share a bond Immigrants who helped build th...

World's first octopus farm stirs ethical debate; Reuters, February 23, 2022

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Nathan Allen and Guillermo Martinez , Reuters;  World's first octopus farm stirs ethical debate " Since the 2020 documentary "...
Friday, February 25, 2022

PRH, Internet Archive Clash Over ‘Maus’; Publishers Weekly, February 15, 2022

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Calvin Reid,   Publishers Weekly;  PRH, Internet Archive Clash Over ‘Maus’ " However, Lisa Lucas, senior v-p and publisher of Pantheon ...

Vote now in the 2022 Morgridge Ethics Cartooning Competition; Morgridge Institute for Research, February 11, 2022

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Morgridge Institute for Research ;  Vote now in the 2022 Morgridge Ethics Cartooning Competition " Sixteen cartoons have been selected ...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information.Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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