An Upstart Web Catalog Challenges an Academic-Library Giant

An Upstart Web Catalog Challenges an Academic-Library Giant
By ANDREA L. FOSTER

http://chronicle.com
Section: Information Technology
Volume 54, Issue 24, Page A11
From the issue dated February 22, 2008

"At only 21, Aaron Swartz is attempting to turn the library world upside down. He is taking on the subscription-based WorldCat, the largest bibliographic database on the planet, by building a free online book catalog that anyone can update.

Many academic librarians are wary of Mr. Swartz's project because it will allow nonlibrarians, who may be prone to errors, to catalog books"

Laurence Lessig's campaign to "Change Congress"

This site hosts this video to explain the launch of two exploratory projects — first, a Change Congress movement, and his own decision whether to run for Congress in the California 12th.
http://lessig08.org/

Librarianship in 1940s

The information-literacy.net has a 10-minutes video from 1947 (http://www.information-literacy.net/2008/02/librarian-1947.html). But I think
it is more about librarianship advocacy than about information literacy. Besides, some things have changed since then (e.g., the card catalog) because of the technology advances, although basic principles remain the same.

Enjoy watching :-)

Ying Zhang

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