I've been reading fervently for class to complete my paper, and I came across this quote in Yochai Benkler's The Wealth of Networks: "There is no guarantee that networked information technology will lead to the improvements in innovation, freedom, and justice...That is a choice we face as a society. The way we develop will, in significant measure, depend on choices we make in the next decade or so."
Whenever someone asks me what I do for a living, I always answer that I'm studying to become a librarian. The next question is always "...so what will you do?" To be honest, sometimes I stumble over the answer, but I think the quote above reminds me that what I do is very much up to the profession. I think to continue to be relevent and useful, we absolutely must immerse ourselves in the network of the Internet, and find ways to make the ever-growing vastness of the information available have some order, searchability and lifespan.
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