In days of yore, back when people were blogging, I described the way that libraries were offering ebooks as being a "Pretend It's Print" model. At the time, I felt that this model was designed to sustain and perpetuate the model that libraries and publishers had been using since prehistoric times, and that it ignored most of the possibilities inherent in the ebook. Ebooks could liberate the book from the shackles of their physical existences! | Go To Hellman
This bit of good news just dropped! The Internet Archive has joined the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The FDLP is a network of over 1000 libraries around the country who receive government publications from the Government Publishing Office (GPO) and offer public services to help those in their communities access the great wide world … Continue reading → The post Internet Archive designated an FDLP Library! first appeared on Free Government Information (FGI).| Free Government Information (FGI)
Please join us for a virtual book talk August 28th at 10am PST hosted by the Internet Archive (FREE!) to talk about our new book “Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future.” Our PEGI Project pal Shari Laster will be grilling us … er … I mean … guiding the conversation. The post Join JJ and JRJ for a book talk at Internet Archive aug 28 10am PST first appeared on Free Government Information (FGI).| Free Government Information (FGI)
Great show today with Andre Sobral, Tracey Jaquith and Lisa Rein. Recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/tuwJHVedGIY?si=ayybpcDsgYH9fH43 Today we will be discussing this year’s presidential election and the issue of deep fakes – within the context of Aaron’s political writings on democracy and elections on his blog. Hosts: Lisa Rein (Co-founder Aaron Swartz Day) Andre Sobral (Brazil’s Aaron … Continue reading Episode 4 of the Aaron Swartz Podcast: Elections & Deep Fakes→| Aaron Swartz Day and International Hackathon
Today's links| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow