Public Libraries – The Commons in a World of Copyright.
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Candidate Clyde Younger and Candidate Anna Kuwabara with her campaign manager Craig Edwards
Shared vs. Commodity Knowledge
Public libraries have a special place in a world which is, with a few notable exceptions, increasingly commoditizing knowledge. They are the way society arranges for copyrighted works to be shared by people who cannot otherwise afford them. It is an approximation to the idea that knowledge is free. But of course it isn’t. It must be paid for and managed.
The Watertown Free Public Library
Watertown has done a remarkable job. They have a spacious new building with ample stacks, computers, and pleasant staff. Clyde Younger and Anna Kuwabara are two members of the Board of Trustees running for re-election. If you go to the library you can see their record. I rest my case.
