RE: Wikipedia?

["Lisa Dittrich" <lrdittrich@aamc.org>]

Karl:  I certainly didn't intend to make you sound like some 
grey-bearded old man.  I'm not that old either!  However, when I 
realized how the Web world is changing, and how young(er) people 
see the Web, I begin to think I AM old!  For better or worse, I 
think people in their teens and 20s (and perhaps even younger) 
have less invested in the "voice of authority" than we do. 
Again, this has its good points and bad points.  And I'm not sure 
how it is all going to shake out over time.  But I think it's 
reality right now.

I'll now go back to drooling and searching for my cane.

Lisa

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-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Bridges [mailto:Karl.Bridges@uvm.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 6:54 AM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu; Lisa Dittrich
Subject: RE: Wikipedia?

I don't think I'm old fashioned. I'm actually a big promoter of 
technological change in libraries. We're in the beginnings of a 
massive change in how people use libraries and Wikipedia is part 
of that.  I have no problem with that -- I just want this to be 
done in a sensible workable way based on facts.

I certainly am not arguing for regulation of this content -- 
where someone came up with that idea from my writings is a 
mystery to me.

To the extent I sound "old-fashioned" it is because I practice
evidence based librarianship.  I see lots of claims and promotion
spinning around Wikipedia in the library world.  What I don't see is a
substantial body of sound research to support those claims.

(and I'm not as old as all that. geez Lisa you make me sound like
Methusala.)

Karl Bridges