Monthly Archive for May, 2008

Digital tools lower the barriers to participation…

So you can’t attend that interesting conference in person? You know, the one with all the interesting speakers and topics relevant to your work and study? It is a little expensive–$425. Why not attend via Second Life? You’ve had decent virtual experiences attending events in SL before (a few put on by MIT). Oh wait, you can’t just beam your avatar to the conference space? No. First, fork over $225. Or, view the webcast–also only $225. Way to go, Center for Intellectual Property Symposium. Way to use those innovative new technologies to foster increased participation and access.

tvol goes to Washington

I’m done with school (for now) and living in Washington, DC working for the American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy. I’ll be working with some amazing people here on a variety of issues–public access to information, E-rate, and the upcoming “future of libraries” initiative. We’ll have a big ramp-up for the ALA annual conference in June in California. Looking forward to talking about copyright reform at Disney’s ground zero.




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