Several bloggers comment on this Boston Globe editorial by the American Library Association and Boston Public Library presidents.
They cite the age of library professionals, low salaries, and funding cuts as major obstacles to a bright future.
"Patrons may not realize how important the library is until they arrive to find the doors shuttered, the computers dark, [...]
I’ve begun checking the Berkman Center for Internet & Society Web site regularly because they offer a lot of neat events. I want to know what’s happening in case there’s something I should attend. The Web of Ideas discussion series has offered many terrific topics, so I’m looking for those events, too.
I realized I [...]
A group of video bloggers are gathering from 9 am to 5 pm at the Parsons School of Design in Manhattan on Saturday, January 22. Sessions include tools, citizen journalism, and what the future might look like.
As part of the Web of Ideas series, David Weinberger will facilitate a discusson examining the Web as a communication medium on Wednesday, January 12 from 6 to 7:30 pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
I said I was going to post notes about the Friday dinner at Votes, Bits, & Bytes, so here they are. I waited far too long to write these. Most of my memories about the conversations and what I wanted to record are gone. Oh, well. more . . .