Last night, I got a chance to see the Jessamyn West speak on “The Information Poor & The Information Don’t Care: Small Libraries and the Digital Divide” Jessamyn really illustrated how many people just don’t care about the internet and why access is so important. Standard disparities apply: poor, minority, and seniors. The other funny thing was how libraries in small towns in Vermont (probably all over rural America) deal with Computers, with a capital C, and the Internet.
Afterwards, Jessamyn joined cohorts Angie, Mana & Charlie, Alan, Kaye, Carla, Suzanne, Lara, David, and me in the traditional pilgrimage to Gordon Biersch for some Marzen, Blonde Bock, Ahi Tuna & Cucumber Salad, Garlic Fries, and bawdy librarian ribaldry.
Currently Watching: Tivo/ Daily Show with Jon Stewart: October 26, 2005 – Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln