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Library as Infrastructure
Like Borges’s library, we are tasked with sifting through the internet’s “divine disorder” to find what is worthy of our attention. The question, now, is how to sculpt a better Library of Babel – a better information infrastructure – that lends itself to the advancement of knowledge and wisdom conducive to human flourishing.
libraries will have to find ways to enhance the users’ experiences within the analog and digital arenas.
Margaret Saponaro • Collection Management Basics (Library and Information Science Text Series)
central arena for societal communication where the citizenry expresses opinions, debates problems of general concern and develops collective solutions.
Marie K. Shanahan • Journalism, Online Comments, and the Future of Public Discourse
