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Hyperlinked Communities – Libraries as Spaces for Community and Democracy
The idea of libraries as a commons, hub for services, information and connection speaks to me in the hyperlinked libraries examples Dr. Stephens offered in his lecture. Libraries have been activating more and more of these creative kinds of programs and designs to facilitate these community connections. Lately, I have been hearing more about programming…
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Everyone Belongs in the Hyperlinked Library (X)
In his chapter, ‘The Hyperlinked Organization,” David Weinberger calls out how technology, like email,blogs, and the web itself, are accelerating the flattening of hierarchies and promoting the connections between humans to share information with each other about how they are experiencing the organization beyond the organizational charts, press releases, and official memos. Michael Stephens states,…
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gentle coffee house saturday morning intro
Hi, all, My name is Quarry (pronounced just like the dictionary says. I’m named after Marie Curie, by way of a Korean pastor trying his best to complete my birth certificate form on demand at UCLA Medical Center. My mom was a Chemistry major and admirer of the Polish Nobel Prize winning scientist). Currently, I’m…