web 2.you keynote
TRANSCRIPT
the future is open
Jason PuckettWeb 2.you keynote, McGill U
February 11, 2011
tl;dr version
DRM=badopen info=good
(also I’m going to say “Kindle” a bunch of times)
What do I mean by “open”?Open formatsOpen sourceOpen accessOpen publishing
flickr.com/photos/tambako/3802379666
format matters(open formats = more useful)
flickr.com/photos/osuarchives/2709973933
"Oh please god not microfilm. Please.“ –GSU professor, in an email to me
format informs utility
flickr.com/photos/jcolman/341959852
flickr.com/photos/spike55151/89074304
format informs utility
open formats = more useful
Like:MP3EPUBPDFHTML
What about ebooks?
Perlow, Jason. 2010. EPUB: The final barrier for Kindle Adoption. ZDNet. August 20. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/epub-the-final-barrier-for-kindle-adoption/13804.
“Shelf Check” by Emily Lloydshelfcheck.blogspot.com
access and preservation
“Bands I saw from Dec 17 1977-1980”flickr.com/photos/niznoz/59876372
Digital Rights
Management (DRM)
flickr.com/photos/71715246@N00/521723595
Colbow, Brad. 2010. Why DRM Doesn’t Work. March 1. http://bradcolbow.com/archive/view/the_brads_why_drm_doesnt_work/?p=205.
open source
flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/3993439584
opensource.org/docs/definition.php
Evergreenopen-ils.org
544 libraries in the US, Canada, international
flickr.com/photos/tdeering/4273572576
ReservesDirectreservesdirect.org
Zoterozotero.org
Jason’s Zotero guide: research.library.gsu.edu/zotero
(copy it)
also please buy my Zotero book coming from ACRL this summer thank you
flickr.com/photos/duncan/3419193/flickr.com/photos/nirak/483369188
open access scholarly publishing
flickr.com/photos/wordsend/5083225927
Nowviskie, Bethany. 2010. fight club soap. June 9. http://nowviskie.org/2010/fight-club-soap.
open publishing
flickr.com/photos/nicksherman
DIY publishing
blog.amandapalmer.net/post/501070649/free-at-last-free-at-last-dear-roadrunner-records
DIY publishing
wondermark.com/you-get-five-wondermarks-next-week
Cory Doctorowcraphound.com/walh
what’s next?
flickr.com/photos/striatic/1276095ebookfling.com/howitworks.html
DVD is to Netflix streamingas
book is to ?
flickr.com/photos/adrianblack/3045724763
everything on demand
technology changes are bad and scary and everything we understand
and like is going to die off and disappear
wondermark.com/true-stuff-telephone-menace
“…we’ve created a nation of zombies—heads down, thumbs on tiny keyboards, mindless millions staring blankly, shuffling toward some unseen horizon. “ [smithsonian.com , October 2010]
“The telephone is the most dangerous of all because it enters into every dwelling. Its interminable network of wires is a perpetual menace to life and property. In its best performance it is only a convenience. It was never a necessity.” [Nature , November 1889]
“Medieval help desk”
what should librarians do about it?
flickr.com/photos/diginux/164315353flickr.com/photos/inju
“Seventy percent of Springer’s business comes from research libraries”
“We showed them our original plans and they said, ‘Start over,’ with no DRM”
“Our policy is to give our customers whatever they want.”
Reid, Calvin. “Libraries Say ‘No DRM’; Springer Agrees.” Publishers Weekly, October 29, 2010.
flickr.com/photos/allaboutgeorge/110903135flickr.com/photos/hughelectronic/4325854994
readers’ advisory
craphound.com/contentfree-culture.cc thepublicdomain.org
