Miskatonic University PressDaniel Messer gave a fantastic talk at DEF CON 32: A Shadow Librarian: Fighting Back Against Encroaching Capitalism. (I listened to just the audio, which worked very well.)
He sets out the basics of how publishers are screwing over public libraries, mentions the Five Laws of Library Science, tells some stories of punk interlibrary loan, ends on an inspiring note, and has many tasty quotes along the way, such as:
If you listen to podcasts, or watch YouTube videos, which I bet some of you do, you will hear someone occasionally say something along the lines of, I’m a lawyer but I’m not your lawyer. Or, I’m a therapist but I’m not your therapist. Librarians are different.
Or:
I’m not saying that because I want you to support the library. Folks, your taxes paid for the library. You’re supporting the library. You may as well go use it. It’s one of the few places where you can go use the things you paid for. You paid for the cop cars, go drive one, see how it works.
Now I’m off to download Terminal City Ricochet.