The Internet itself, at its inception, was designed to be open. The movements that have been built on top of it – Wikipedia, Mozilla, and of course Creative Commons – have championed openness as a means of improving the world and delivering the potential of the Internet to break down […]
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3D Printing in the Library: Do be aware, but no reason to scare. A Legal Risk Assessment by Tomas A. Lipinski
Originally posted in the IFLA SpeakUp! blog, run by IFLA’s FAIFE Committee. Libraries have traditionally acted as facilitators of access to information. In this role, libraries serve as intermediaries not gatekeepers or watchdogs. Libraries diffuse the use of new technologies to their patrons, empowering and unleashing the potential of human […]
Read full post…IFLA is attending the Creative Commons Global Summit 2018, held in Toronto, Canada. As well as bringing together representatives of the CC movement from around the world, it is an opportunity to look at cross-overs with people from other fields, not least libraries. As Alex Stinson of Wikipedia pointed […]
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