For The Seattle Times, Jerry Large writes…
\”The Internet is messing with everybody: businesses trying to make money off of it, businesses trying to figure out how not to be killed by it, book publishers, record companies, newspapers, everybody. Rules that have held for decades, or in some instances centuries, don\’t cut it in cyberspace… Because libraries are deeply embedded with a First Amendment sensibility, they have, at their best, fought for the broadest inclusion. But as a practical matter, their job has always included selectivity. They make judgments about which books and other materials they will keep in their limited space. The Internet upset that role. The Internet, while not boundless, is too vast to be policed or cataloged…\” more…
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