Revue de Presse / Press Review (2011/09/08)

After nearly three years working in several libraries I was happy to finally get a more stable schedule, all in a single library. It seems it will not last as, in January, I will probably be back (if I'm lucky) at working in several libraries, with a schedule varying from week to week. You realize that a society is really broken when the people in power start closing down libraries -- even if it's only a partial closing. I don't understand: while some boroughs are spending millions to build news libraries and expend their services, one is closing the adult section of its best, oldest and nicest library. And people (or at least the media) don't really care, focusing instead on the lost of a public pool or a few community centers. I know how to solve this city's budget problems: there're nineteen mayors (and a lot more related councillors) too many! While you ponder on that, here are my weekly news links...

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• STRIPPED: The Comics Documentary by Small Fish Studios (link)
• BAnQ: a Manga exhibit (link)
• A month of Japanese cinema at the Cinémathèque québécoise (link)
• Retail Detail: Robert-Louis Milin's Manga-Thé (Gazette)
• Jiro Taniguchi Plans New Historical Manga (ANN)

Apple & iPad news

• Moso: an app for editing and sharing videos fast, easy and fun. (Mac App Store)
• Hands on with Blogger for iPhone [ iTunes link ]

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• BAnQ unveils its cultural activities calendar for fall 2011 (BAnQ)
• La science-fiction, la littérature du changement et la bibliothèque (Bibliomancienne)
• Les bibliothèques du futur en science-fiction (par Mario Tessier) (Revue Argus)
• Trapped in George R.R. Martin’s Tapestry of Ice and Fire (NYT) [ link Nelligan / note: I just started the fourth volume and I can't stop! ]

Humour

• Unshelved (2011/08/30)
• Unshelved (2011/09/05)

Local News & National Politics

• Southwest borough to shut 3 community centres (Gazette)
• Montreal boroughs warn of fee hikes, service cuts (Gazette)
• Des arrondissements dénoncent leur sous-financement (Métro Montréal)
• Budget 2012: Réductions budgétaires dans l'arrondissement du Sud-Ouest (Radio-Canada)
• Piscine fermée et emplois supprimés dans le Sud-Ouest (Cyberpresse)
• Les arrondissements dans le rouge (24h Montréal)
• Financement des arrondissements: Même des maires de l'équipe Tremblay sont insatisfaits (Le Devoir)
• Le cols blancs de Montréal se prononcent en faveur de la prolongation de leur convention collective (SFMM)
• Pour boucler son budget 2012 - Le Sud-Ouest confronté à des choix difficiles (Communiqués Le Sud-Ouest)

Media, Culture, & Society

• 'The Walking Dead' Bows With 90-Minute Episode (ICv2)
• Macerola propose de regrouper les trois festivals (Cyberpresse) [ Lussier's blog ]

See also the “Suggested Links (Shared Items)” in the column on the right side