[Web4lib] Andrew Keen: Doesn't Like Web 2.0 Nor His Spinach

[Michael L. Champion]

It will be interesting to read Mr. Keen's work to see if he is implying
that people are being mislead by these "Amateurs" for social/monetary
gain on the part of the "Amateur" or if the implication is that people
don't really care about the quality of information as long as it serves
their immediate needs, or they don't know how to tell the difference
between "good" and "poor" quality information resources. 

As librarians, we have been dealing with this problem for centuries.
Finding quality information, even in print, is often a time consuming
process.  And that is with the publishers/editors providing a first
level filter.  

Michael Champion
Head, Information Technology Services
Lake Villa District Library


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Friends/

In Case You Haven't Heard/Read/Seen ...

BERKELEY, California (Reuters) -- Internet culture, often portrayed as
the vanguard of progress, is actually a jungle peopled by intellectual
yahoos and digital thieves, according to a Silicon Valley
entrepreneur-turned-dissenter.

Andrew Keen, a 47-year-old Briton who founded dot-com era music startup
Audiocafe, argues that basic notions of expertise are under assault amid
a cultural shift in favor of the amateurism of blogs, MySpace and other
popularity-driven sites.

"Millions and millions of exuberant monkeys ... are creating an endless
digital forest of mediocrity," Keen writes in a book published Tuesday.

[It Gets Better ... ]

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The NPR interview is a Must Listen!

 Doesn't Like Web 2.0 Nor His Spinach

Does the Internet Undermine Culture?
 Weekend Edition Saturday, June 16, 2007 * The Internet is transforming
the economy and the culture. Is it for the best? Andrew Keen, author of
_The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture_
says the consequences of the digital age need to be managed.

[ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11131872 ]

Let The Discussion Begin ...

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 5011

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