Library Journal editorial
Library Journal publishes letters [including one from my co-editor K.R.] and then an editorial about the Gorman piece, hopefully putting it to bed once and for all. Does anyone honestly believe, as Fialkoff claims, that ” [l]ibraries are often ahead of most businesses and institutions in developing and using technology.” Anyone?
Whether viciously funny, or just plain vicious, Michael Gorman’s scathing indictment of bloggers unleashed an avalanche of outrage from librarians, the blogging community, and technophiles generally. The consensus among readers was about 99–1 against Gorman—and very few seemed to find the piece humorous, as he said he intended.
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April 5th, 2005 at 10:43
Revisiting The Blog People
:: Jessamyn West links to the editorial and letters in the latest Library Journal, written in response to the Michael Gorman’s vicious attack on weblogs in the previous issue, “hopefully putting it to bed once and for all”. I don’t…