Comments on: Open Societies Need Open Systems http://blog.ecorrado.us/2010/02/03/open-societies-need-open-systems/ Ramblings about library technology, open source software, and other adventures! Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: ecorrado http://blog.ecorrado.us/2010/02/03/open-societies-need-open-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-42383 ecorrado Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:22:19 +0000 http://blog.ecorrado.us/?p=865#comment-42383 Stuart: I'm afraid you may be right that libraries will have, if anything, "the smallest impact on the formats that carry content." However, I remain hopeful that at least in the academic realm, if they stuck together, they could have a meaningful impact. That said, I am not sure that their is any reason to believe they will stick together. Assuming you are correct, then the role of libraries will be not to only preserve content, but preserve the hardware and software that can access it. To some degree we are already doing this. For example, in order to ensure that we will be able to play VHS tapes for a long time, we purchased a number of VCRs to keep in storage while they are still available. Stuart: I’m afraid you may be right that libraries will have, if anything, “the smallest impact on the formats that carry content.” However, I remain hopeful that at least in the academic realm, if they stuck together, they could have a meaningful impact. That said, I am not sure that their is any reason to believe they will stick together.

Assuming you are correct, then the role of libraries will be not to only preserve content, but preserve the hardware and software that can access it. To some degree we are already doing this. For example, in order to ensure that we will be able to play VHS tapes for a long time, we purchased a number of VCRs to keep in storage while they are still available.

]]> By: Stuart Weibel http://blog.ecorrado.us/2010/02/03/open-societies-need-open-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-41917 Stuart Weibel Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:51:10 +0000 http://blog.ecorrado.us/?p=865#comment-41917 Many interesting points in this post regarding openness and its relation to corporate interests. To suggest that libraries will have any but the smallest impact on the formats that carry content is hard for me to imagine. If anything, content providers have an (anti-democratic) incentive to make content available in formats that are difficult to lend. Many interesting points in this post regarding openness and its relation to corporate interests. To suggest that libraries will have any but the smallest impact on the formats that carry content is hard for me to imagine. If anything, content providers have an (anti-democratic) incentive to make content available in formats that are difficult to lend.

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