Posts By: Henry Warwick

The Slow Cancellation of Online Libraries (part 2)

By Henry Warwick, October 7, 2024

Part 1: https://networkcultures.org/blog/2024/09/22/henry-warwick-the-slow-cancellation-of-online-libraries/ We’re in an interesting juncture where smaller libraries are easily transported (I have a USB drive that will hold 64GB of data that is literally the size of my thumbnail.) These are available in 128GB as well. The problem is, the “hero” level systems like UBUweb / libgen / sci-hub / etc. [...]

The Slow Cancellation of Online Libraries

By Henry Warwick, September 22, 2024

Some 15 years ago, Sean Dockray, Geert Lovink, and myself were discussing online libraries and my research into offline libraries. There were many possibilities for the future of online libraries. Sean, as the founder and director of AAAARG.ORG, the now defunct online library, was pretty positive about it all, even as he himself was begin [...]

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