+ "Libraries need to get better embracing the wild and woolly nature of the Internet."
+ "Explain to patrons how to be media literate about Wikipedia."
+ "Wikipedia has lots of value if you know how to extract that value."
eBooks
More Quotes from Cory:
+ "eBooks right now are very good for is they are very complementary to print books because they are searchable, because they're portable, because they are good for reference where a print book is better for a long for reading experience."
+ "Libraries need to watch out for a means of delivering DRM into their collections."
+ "One thing I would love to see more libraries doing is having local copies of public domain works and Creative Commons works in their collections that can be freely lent and having that be the core of their eBook collection and having that be the standard by which all commercial eBook offerings are judged."
+ "Inter-library loan is a wonderful thing."
The ownership of a book (vs, records and movies)
Author recognition of copyright issues
Librarians
Final Quote from Cory
+ "The reason librarians want to make works available is because they are bonded to the holy goal of universal access to all human knowledge not because they have some little self interest. This is approximately true of most the people who work in publishing too.
Source: CrapHound.com
See Also: Congratulations to Cory for being named by the UTNE Reader as one of "50 Visionaries Who are Changing Our World."
A figurehead for "copyfighters" everywhere, he’s on a crusade against a corporate monopoly on patent law. Doctorow thinks replication feeds a culture of creativity and might even be programmed into our DNA; it should be encouraged, not criminalized.
The entry is loaded with links to help you get to know (if you don't already) Cory and and his work.
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