Libraries: Where It All Went Wrong

Libraries: Where It All Went Wrong
So, to recap:
•be useful as well as important
•collections, discovery, distribution
•bits are cheap to copy
•access is expected
•the Internet is bigger than you are
•we have too many bits
•the Internet connects things

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On the subject of bits...

•bits are cheap to copy
•the Internet is bigger than you are
•we have too many bits

"All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value. " ~Carl Sagan

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