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June 5, 2008
Another Reason for the Third Way
I've been advocating for quite a while that libraries shouold create the third path - the one that rises above the issues of the web ownership, overly broad havests, biased search results and advertising.
This article is interesting:
U.S. Internet will shrink to 2 strong players: Thomson Reuters report
The theory is that the big winners are Google and Amazon. Other players are acquisitions or will fall by the wayside. Players such as Yahoo, eBay, IAC, AOL, Bebo, PayPal, Skype, etc.
The argument is that we are witnessing the end of the beginning.
Interesting. There an opportunity for libraries here. Some the big players in library land such as OCLC, consortia, ARL, ILS companies, publishers, OCA, CC and more could play a big roles here. Or bicker endlessly over the future of cataloguing ...
Stephen
Posted by stephen at June 5, 2008 10:38 AM
Comments
Thank you so much for speaking at the SJSU commencement. Your speech was inspiring and thought provoking.
Posted by: hvj at June 10, 2008 2:35 AM