In Spring 2022 I had the opportunity to record the oral history of a woman who worked at the library at California State University Monterey Bay from the opening of the university to just a few years prior to our interview. As the culminating assignment for the Oral History class, […]
Horizon or Precipice? In 2021 a Pew research study surveyed over 900 experts across public and private sectors to gather predictions for what the internet and the impact of technology on the world might look like in 2025. About a quarter of the way into this year, it appears that […]
In order to vote in one’s self-interest and the interest of one’s community, voters must be informed as to how government works to ensure that their government works for them. As it is naturally within the everyday reach of the voter, local government should therefore be easier to understand and […]
The Hyperlinked Public Square In the introduction to the Four-Space Model, Skot-Hansen addresses Danish libraries’ “vital role in the development of civil society and in strengthening democratic culture and knowledge levels across social and cultural divides,” and Skot-Hansen’s broad profile of the library as a holistic space and identifies the […]
Reflection on Hyperlinked Communities: The Hyperlinked Electorate By epistolary_acumen In Assignment X, I bemoaned the tragic state of politics and the lack of civic literacy across the nation and in my own community. I introduced an idea of developing a program that links civic literacy and adult library patronage. A […]
Assignment X – The Hyperlinked Citizen By epistolary_acumen I know I am not the only one feeling unmoored right now. Delinked, if you will. In the wake of the second, and this one decisive, election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United State of America, I am watching […]
