Note: this cross-posted item is my contribution to our Banned Books Week recognition. We’ve been pitting books against each other, hoping to illustrate that there are always (at least) two sides to every story. Most of the other books were more social or political, but I liked this pair.
Wikinomics authors Don Tapscott and Anthony [...]
Posted October 5, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: Andrew Keen, Anthony D. Williams, banned books week, bbw2007, debate, Don Tapscott, internet, Technology, The Cult Of The Amateur How Today?s Internet Is Killing, web 2.0, wikinomics, Wikinomics How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. One Comment.
Our intention is to feature “a series of books that challenge our beliefs and test our commitment to free speech,” but on this post about Holocaust denial I found myself unwilling (and unable) to link to the free, online PDF full text of David Irving’s Hitler’s War. And when we discovered it wasn’t in our [...]
Posted October 4, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music, Libraries & Networked Information, Politics & Controversy. Tags: banned books week, bbw, bbw2007, dilemma, holocaust denial, libraries, library. 3 Comments.
