Monthly Archives: January 2011
The metered Internet threat to innovation & access to information
Remember the early days of mass public access to the world wide web? Back when AOL was king, noisy dial-up modems were par for the course and having any graphics on a webpage was super-fancy? Remember in 1993 or so, … Continue reading
Community-Led Service Planning – Take it or Leave it?
Dangers of Dichotomising Remember George Bush? That guy really had some great quotes didn’t he? One of my favourite is “you’re either with us, or your with the terrorists”. As we have come to understand since 2001 (although some of … Continue reading
Filed under community development, public libraries
Publishers, Green OA & Institutional vs Subject Repositories
Back in November, I was among the many authors to receive an email from Emerald Group Publishing, touting the publisher’s “commitment to protecting your work,” and announcing their use of the Attributor service to track down “unauthorized copies” of “my” … Continue reading
Filed under copyright, funding, OA, Other blogs, publishing
Modernizing vs Censoring: Where’s the line?
Hello folks — yes I am back and feeling much better, thanks! Looking forward to a new, improved year – this time hopefully without the bike and car accidents that plagued 2010. ——- What do we do with a “classic” … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, inclusion/exclusion, publishing, racism
