ASIS&T@UBC

A movie about digital culture.

Killing Librarianship (by R. David Lankes)

One of the more fascinating aspects of open source software is the role that its creators and users play in its evolution. ... With proprietary systems, the creators and users are separate groups, and the control over the relationship is bound up in proprietary rights and contracts. ... With open source software, the creators and users are commonly the same or closely overlapping. How do creators and users work with each other? This is a question of governance.

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It's official. Gmail in China the last week or so has become seriously erratic. I know this because just today I have recieved three emails from China telling me so.