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Another Reason for the Third Way

I've been advocating for quite a while that libraries shouold create the third path - the one that rises above the issues of the web ownership, overly broad havests, biased search results and advertising.

This article is interesting:

U.S. Internet will shrink to 2 strong players: Thomson Reuters report

The theory is that the big winners are Google and Amazon. Other players are acquisitions or will fall by the wayside. Players such as Yahoo, eBay, IAC, AOL, Bebo, PayPal, Skype, etc.

The argument is that we are witnessing the end of the beginning.

Interesting. There an opportunity for libraries here. Some the big players in library land such as OCLC, consortia, ARL, ILS companies, publishers, OCA, CC and more could play a big roles here. Or bicker endlessly over the future of cataloguing ...

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).