Shreds and Patches: Something I would really like you to read...

Jason Baird Jackson, Associate Professor of Folklore and American Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, draws attention to the plight of public libraries in California, noting a comment by “codacorolla,” a graduate student in library science who calls for open access solutions. Baird writes: “I believe that William Gibson is usually correct when he says that ‘the future is already here, it is just not very evenly distributed yet...‘ The consistently smart and helpful Miriam Posner pointed me (and her other twitter followers) to a comment made recently on a MetaFilter post dealing with: ‘California rejects top rate tax increase, removes all state funding for CA libraries. Funding cut for “literacy programs, InterLibrary Loans, and miscellaneous expenses such as librarian training programs and books...’ The comment, which very vividly evokes the state of public libraries and public librarians, is by librarian and MLS graduate student ‘codacorolla’ and it can be found here...”