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Monthly Archives: May 2011

May 27, 2011

Netflix vs. Blockbuster as a lesson for America’s libraries—and why I’m losing faith in the DPLA’s ability to live up to its huge potential

Perhaps someday the Digital “Public” Library of America will puzzle out...
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May 23, 2011

Library Journal site carries forking debate between DPLA and LibraryCity—and now here’s a suggested compromise

Note: The Library Journal link now works again. It vanished quite...
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May 22, 2011

Thumbs up on the DPLA beta sprint, just so the group will also open up in other ways, ASAP, such as public meetings of the Steering Committee

John Palfrey, DPLA Steering Committee leader, seeks your ideas The Digital...
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May 22, 2011

Well-stocked national digital library systems, please, Mr. Clinton—not a ‘Ministry of Truth’ or other police agency

Scam artists and worse infest the Internet. But the Net also...
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