Comforting Cats, or, Finding a Legal Comfort Zone on the Web
Channel: elitrichous
Date: 2012-04-13

HEY LIBRARY PEOPLE!

Are you always trying to do cool, participatory new stuff on the web, only to be stonewalled by legal worrying or other political obstructions? Have you ever thought, gee, if only I could picture the people throwing up these obstructions as CUTE CATS wearing CLOTHES, maybe I might be able to find a way to KEEP MOVING FORWARD?

Well NOW YOU CAN!  Watch this "video" and see adorable cats, fresh from the Inter Net's latest Meme Farms, sit in for overly stereotyped personas that you know ALL TOO WELL... and find ways to help them feel more COMFORTABLE with what you're proposing!

This presentation was based on an article I wrote for the December 2010 ALA Library Technology Reports, and is a recording of a Webjunction  / ALA-OIF webinar in July 2011.  Enjoy!

-Eli Neiburger
@ulotrichous