http://www.librarian.net/stax/3180/while-i-was-away-sxsw/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.librarian.net/stax/3180/while-i-was-away-sxsw/comment-page-1/#comment-130921 John Jack Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:56:21 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/?p=3180#comment-130921 I'm especially fond of your last half-dozen slides; they've given me some food for thought. Not sure how much my audience (kids and teens) needs help in this area--they've grown up in a world where the internet has never not existed. I’m especially fond of your last half-dozen slides; they’ve given me some food for thought. Not sure how much my audience (kids and teens) needs help in this area–they’ve grown up in a world where the internet has never not existed.

]]> http://www.librarian.net/stax/3180/while-i-was-away-sxsw/comment-page-1/#comment-130884 Stephen Michael Kellat Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:46:40 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/?p=3180#comment-130884 There is another side to this matter, though. While having the infrastructure available to serve up content is important, having content available is just as important. Broadband build-out is getting better but the spectrum of content providers is on track to shrink due to the actions of nation-states for good or ill. Even other nations with representation on the AACR/RDA maintenance board are becoming unfriendly enough to net content to the point of where US freedom online is the anomaly rather than the norm. There is another side to this matter, though. While having the infrastructure available to serve up content is important, having content available is just as important. Broadband build-out is getting better but the spectrum of content providers is on track to shrink due to the actions of nation-states for good or ill. Even other nations with representation on the AACR/RDA maintenance board are becoming unfriendly enough to net content to the point of where US freedom online is the anomaly rather than the norm.

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