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Internet history is fragile. This archive is making sure it doesn’t disappear
What’s online doesn’t necessarily last forever. Content on the Internet is revised and deleted all the time. Hyperlinks “rot,” and with them goes history, lost in space. With that in mind, Brewster Kahle set out to develop the Internet Archive, a digital library with the mission of preserving all the information on the World Wide Web, for all who wish to explore. Jeffrey Brown reports.
How to help libraries learn about open source
Right now, if you walked into my public library and pelted me with questions about open source—like, “What is it?” “How does it work?” “How can I use open source?”—I’d rattle off answers so fast you’d be walking out with a new tool or technology under your belt. Open source is a big world, so of course there are some things I don’t know, but guess what? We have the Internet and books right at our finger tips. Saying that you don’t know the answer is fine, and patrons will respect you for it. The key is helping them find the answer.
From How to help libraries learn about open source | Opensource.com
WA State Dems push to unblock LGBT material at schools, libraries
Several House Democrats have put forward legislation that would ban schools and libraries from banning Internet access to LGBT material, which is sometimes blocked by filters aimed at keeping out obscene content.
The “Don’t Block LGBTQ Act,” from Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., is meant to ensure that young LGBT people are able to access material that might help them.
From Dems push to unblock LGBT material at schools, libraries | Washington Examiner
Australian library releases free, remixable webcomics maker
“Libraries aren’t there to enforce a curriculum: they exist for the whole community to learn and create on their own terms. That’s what makes this comic maker project special: it’s meant to open the doorway to an understanding of ‘digital literacy’ which is not just about consumption; which is open, flexible, and most importantly, capable of surprising us.
From Australian library releases free, remixable webcomics maker / Boing Boing
The Strange Way People Perceive Privacy Online
The reason, Mamonov thinks, has a lot to do with people’s perceptions of surveillance. He guessed study participants would have wanted to protect themselves against it; instead, he says, the magnitude of the threat seems to have instilled a sense of helplessness that made them less likely to put an effort into securing themselves.
From The Strange Way People Perceive Privacy Online – Nextgov.com
Sorry, Dewey, the Decimals are Outdated; the Catalog of the Future will Aid Indies
So now we’re at an impasse. Online systems are raising all boats fast, making accessible titles that might otherwise have languished in obscurity. (Case in point: Amish space vampires.) They’re doing it without making readers use Dewey and they’re doing it in innovative social ways that encourage book discovery. But physical books aren’t going anywhere – indeed, they’re resurging in popularity – and the quaint cataloging system that patrons still stumble through is only really useful with the aid of an OPAC that, itself, is largely keyword based.
Libraries 2016 | Pew Research Center
Trends in visiting public libraries have steadied, and many Americans have high expectations for what their local libraries should offer
From Libraries 2016 | Pew Research Center
Trends in visiting public libraries have steadied, and many Americans have high expectations for what their local libraries should offer
The Privacy Wars Are About to Get A Whole Lot Worse
The best way to secure data is never to collect it in the first place. Data that is collected is likely to leak. Data that is collected and retained is certain to leak. A house that can be controlled by voice and gesture is a house with a camera and a microphone covering every inch of its floorplan.
The IoT will rupture notice-and-consent, but without some other legal framework to replace it, it’ll be a free-for-all that ends in catastrophe.
I’m frankly very scared of this outcome and have a hard time imagining many ways in which we can avert it, but I do have one scenario that’s plausible: class action lawsuits.
From Locus Online Perspectives » Cory Doctorow:The Privacy Wars Are About to Get A Whole Lot Worse
Majority of Americans are still reading print books | Pew Research Center
A growing share of Americans are reading e-books on tablets and smartphones rather than dedicated e-readers, but print books remain much more popular than books in digital formats
From Majority of Americans are still reading print books | Pew Research Center
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