BitTorrent and Libraries: Cooperative Data Publishing, Management and Discovery

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-03-18

Summary:

Use the link to access the full text article published in D-Lib Magazine.  The abstract reads as follows: "The evolution of Open Data depends on the use of new technologies that not only allow equal access to information, but equal access to the distribution and redistribution of public knowledge. An open API offers only the illusion of transparency—for data to truly be free, librarians must look towards their audience as digital collaborators, rather than simply end users. Thankfully, the tools to create a global, decentralized, peer-to-peer information network for massive amounts of data has been hiding under our nose the entire time. In this opinion piece we explore the opportunities afforded by the BitTorrent protocol. We also discuss what happens when libraries adopt a distributed, grassroots approach to data management that saves money and lays the groundwork for online community."

Link:

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march14/markman/03markman.html

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Tags:

oa.bittorrent oa.p2p oa.lis oa.librarians oa.libraries oa.psi oa.gold oa.d-lib oa.new oa.libpub oa.rdm oa.data oa.journals

Date tagged:

03/18/2014, 16:53

Date published:

03/18/2014, 13:36