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The $50 e-book-capable tablet: When will the Harvard-hosted DPLA and friends care about hardware-related digital divide issues?
The right gizmos could help bring library e-books and other media to America’s poor and our cash-strapped middle class. But at least publicly, the Harvard-hosted Digital Public Library of America has downplayed the hardware issue despite some nonhardware goodies envisioned for all kinds of libraries and their users. Both scholarly and nonscholarly priorities count. I [...]
On Robert Frost, fences, and electrons: Why we need two separate digital library systems for academics and the rest of America—and content exchanges and other neighborliness
Update: A related article has appeared at LibraryJournal.com. In Mending Wall, a 1914 poem blessedly in the public domain, Robert Frost gives us a classic dictum for literature and life, and maybe for inter-organizational politics in particular: “Good fences make good neighbors.” On the whole Frost is anti-fence. But he understands his neighbor’s side; what’s [...]
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A national digital library system for George Roper in McAllen, Texas, please–not just the American elite—and don’t write off conservatives
They called Mount Vernon “the Hoods’ High School” at one time, and fittingly this white-cupolaed brick building sat on Route 1 in Fairfax County, Virginia, just across from a police station with an overgrown radio tower. Melvin Bowman Landes, an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren, was principal, and every spring, he would [...]
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Post-DPLA workshop essay still on the way—but probably next week
Whoops. I wanted to post an essay today on the March 1 DPLA workshop, which I attended and have reflected on for the past week or so. But the essay grew, and I prefer to show it to others for their feedback. So next week instead. Apologies for the delay. Meanwhile you might check out [...]
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We’re about the need for a well-stocked national digital library system for all Americans—not just the elite or those in big cities. This shouldn’t be a partisan issue, given all the benefits for K-12 students and others. None other the late William F. Buckley Jr., the conservative columnist, advocated such a system. And while not [...]
U.K.’s planned library closings show risk of NOT digitizing U.S. libraries
Hundreds of U.K. libraries may be closed, and the real villains are tightwad politicians. But smart planning by librarians in Great Britain, the U.S. and elsewhere can reduce the risks—through digitization efforts that reflect genuine local needs. Local librarians could not only help develop local content but also adapt materials from a national digital library [...]
How e-books and a national digital library system could boost student achievement
America’s K-12 students would benefit handsomely from a well-stocked national digital library system blended in carefully with school libraries and public libraries. And disadvantaged students without books at home might be among the biggest winners. I’ve felt that way since the early 1990s, but now here’s further evidence or at least a very strong hint. [...]
Wyoming writer Court Merrigan tells why he wants a well-stocked national digital library system
Growing up in rural western Nebraska, I devoured nearly the entire science fiction and fantasy section of the Scottsbluff Public Library by fifth grade (partial aerial shot of city below). Amazing feat? Not so much—the science fiction and fantasy section consisted of one set of shelves. Nothing against the library—I loved that place. Still do, [...]
Digital library race: Education, ‘October Sky,’ and the Sputnik factor
Digital library race ahead? On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik—setting off the space race. Most of the action, though, happened back on Planet Earth. American scientists and politicians saw Russia’s triumph as a sign of a less-than-perfect educational system in the U.S. Why weren’t we first? The movie October Sky, although filmed decades [...]
National digital libraries should be for ALL, says Europeana executive director—not just academics
National digital libraries should be like the brick-and-mortar variety—serving everyone, not just academics and the like. I myself have been preaching this message since the early 1990s, most recently on the Atlantic’s Web site. So I was pleased to read Natasha Singer’s thoughtful New York Times article, Playing Catch-Up in a Digital Library Race, where [...]