The digital communications technology that was once imagined as a universe of transparent and perpetual illumination, in which cancerous falsehoods would perish beneath a saturation bombardment of irradiating data, has instead generated a much murkier and verification-free habitat where a google-generated search will deliver an electronic page on which links to lies and lunacy appear [...]
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
August 10, 2011
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A Leg Up on Information
By Jason W. Dean in Culture, Digital Citizenship, Technology
December 14, 2010
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Thoughts on the Codex
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Reading, TechnologyI was looking at my clippings in Evernote last night, and read an article about the bookstores in San Francisco. Early in our relationship, Jen and I went to San Francisco for a furiously quick and intense trip – and ever since, I have longed to return there. While reading the article, this quote caught [...]
November 17, 2010
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An eBook Epiphany…
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Librarianship, Library, Reading, TechnologyI felt as though I had an epiphany yesterday about eBooks. Someone else has probably had this thought before – I just haven’t seen it. Anyhow – here it is:
November 3, 2010
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The Semantic Web
By Jason W. Dean in Cataloging, Digital Libraries, Librarianship, Library, TechnologyThis idea of the semantic or linked web is a concept I have been wrestling with over several months. It’s a concept I see bandied about regularly in American Libraries, but I think it’s something few people outside of the programming and IT world take the time to familiarize themselves with. As a librarian, I [...]
October 20, 2010
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Art Books and e-Books
By Jason W. Dean in Art, TechnologyI spend a significant amount of my time at the Carter working with what are broadly referred to as “art books.” Be it fielding a reference query, cataloging, or shelving, much of my time is spent with these types of books. They are wonderful to view – high quality images and quality binding and paper. [...]
