Michael Gorman, former president of ALA, has riled up some people with his posts on Britannica Blog titled Web 2.0 : The Sleep of Reason (part I) and (part II).
He makes some excellent points about scholarship and the perils that accompany a lack of authority, but wastes his efforts by railing against the internet as a whole, and against those who participate in generating content (ironic, given that he is making these points in blog entries).
These posts are well worth reading, though, as they do make excellent points and raise valid issues. Unfortunately, you have to wade through the “traditional publishers good” vs. “web publishers bad” chaff to get to the wheat of his argument.
The goal is high quality information, no matter how it is created or accessed.
found on Free Range Librarian, also: good commentary on Librarian.net
Update: Free Range Librarian has a follow-up post with an announcement from Britannica Blog….
