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Digital Future of the Library of Congress

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yay-for-learning dept.

lesinator writes "On Monday the 28th the US Library of Congress is holding the eighth lecture in its series on Managing Knowledge and Creativity in a Digital Context. Previous speakers include David Weinberger on blogging, Brewster Kahle - founding member of archive.org and the wayback machine, and Lawrence Lessig on intellectual property and the creative commons. After the lecture questions will be taken from the audience and the internet. C-Span will be broadcasting the lecture live at 6:30 PM EST, and also has archives of previous lectures. Audio archives of previous lecture are available at Audible.com in the Selected Free Media section."

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  1. How many.... by kernelfoobar · · Score: -1, Troll

    Queue in the 'how many library of congress ..." jokes.

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    1. Re:How many.... by kernelfoobar · · Score: -1, Troll

      or is it Cue (queue would still apply though).

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    2. Re:How many.... by tquinlan · · Score: 0, Troll

      Ya know, when you do that, you ruin the opportunity to actually make the jokes for the rest of us! ;)

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    3. Re:How many.... by punkass · · Score: 0, Troll

      That would be the point... I've been a user here since 1999, and while quips and jokes are amusing, memes like "hot grits" and such are really just noise.

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  2. Weinberger's "qualifications" by 14erCleaner · · Score: -1, Troll
    The first speaker is David Weinberger, an expert on "blogging." Coauthor of the best-selling book "The Cluetrain Manifesto,"

    Wow, cluetrain plus blogging expert. This guy really rides the stupid trends, doesn't he?

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  3. Re:At last! by Clay+Pigeon+-TPF-VS- · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, you're the ass. Just look at your UID.

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  4. Re:it has to be said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lines of Code (of course, what else could LOC mean on /.) - not too many. There aren't that many computer books.