Google’s New Wikipedia

Except it’s not. It’s very very different, says Google.
Knol, as the new online encyclopedia written by internet users will be called, will show a photo of the entry author, won’t allow visitors to modify entries without the original author’s knowledge, and will enable entries “written on the same subject to remain separate and compete […]

Filed under: reference, Wikipedia, Google on July 24th, 2008 | No Comments »

Access to Knowledge: The Place of Libraries and Books

Two articles on the related topic of libraries and access to knowledge:
From The Independent, Michael Savage asks “The Big Question: Does the decline in book lending spell the end for the public library?” He notes that figures just published show that the British “are taking out fewer books from libraries than we were 10 years […]

Filed under: libraries, Wikipedia, internet, information, critical thinking on January 16th, 2008 | No Comments »