Linda Besner, The Guardian; Risotto, robotics and virtual reality: how Canada created the world's best libraries
"“Access to information and pathways to learning were the great
equalisers of the 20th century,” says Vickery Bowles, Toronto’s head
librarian. “In the 21st century, we’re increasingly dependent on access
to online services, and understanding of and comfort with that
technology.”
Bowles
sees a vital role of the public library in strengthening civic
discourse and enabling political participation. Right now, the library
is offering workshops on how to run for office or get involved in an
election campaign (disclosure: I will be a paid panellist on a planned
event in the library’s On Civil Society series). “We’re seeing more and
more challenges to our democratic values and principles,” she says."
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Friday, June 15, 2018
Risotto, robotics and virtual reality: how Canada created the world's best libraries; The Guardian, June 15, 2018
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