Andrew The Commons

This article was just so good to read knowing that Bollier still believes in the libraries! One quote that stood out to me the most in the article was“What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty & Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual & surest support?” Boiler is a firm believer in the library system and how it works! It is good for Democracy because it helps give jobs, and it help people learn by giving them some very valuable resources in order to succeed and not just telling them to search for information on google. The Library is the perfect place for college students to study! " Librarians realize that the free dissemination of knowledge is not only the highest calling of their profession, but a vital function in our democratic society. Because libraries “give away” information, they educate our children, help citizens make informed choices, and constantly reinvigorate our cultural heritage." Boiler sums this up perfectly! Librarians are just like the Internet but not as fast, they help you find the information and the sources you need for whatever you are looking for. Sometimes it may not be fast like searching on Google but they will get you the accurate information you need. We are very spoiled by all the online resources we have and sometimes people are not evening using the online sources the right way. We are able to look at books online, and site our sources and it just seems like we wont even have use for libraries anymore with how fast we are able to get books electronically.

Siva is describing anarchy in the library first off with the story about the Russian who got arrested for the illegal programming he did knowing he hacked into an American system and messing with Adobe is pretty crazy to think about. We see all those movies with incredible computer hackers doing insane things, and knowing that with technology advances this stuff can happen. I feel like is description of anarchy is the stuff we can obtain for free on the Internet for example pirating music and many others. I feel that he thinks its gonna come down to the people and how the handle certain situations with the flow of information that is going through the Internet. He doesn't like the fact so many different activities on the Internet are going on without some main power is not monitoring over it. I feel like both of these authors feel that the foundation is the library in learning how to access information and do research the right way.