Review of Zotero, An Invaluable Reference Manager

The personal research assistant that I wish I had discovered sooner.

Was the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto as effective as possible?

Aaron Swartz was far more than your average online blogger rattling on about the Establishment undermining the liberties of the Internet. Swartz was one of the greatest hacktivists to ever live, and a true crusader for…

2025: The Future of Library

Thinking of ten years from now, how the role of library will change in our daily life? As a college student, library to me is a place to get resources for academic uses as well as a place for studying. With my working experience in the library, I have a lot more encounters with…

Research, The Intimidating Beast

“Class, a final research paper will be due at the end of the semester and the topic of your research…

The Internet’s Own Boy Reaction/Reflection

Aaron Swartz is a name that is perhaps not known by most Americans, or even users of…

What Does it Mean to be a Scholar?

There is no doubt that the internet offers an enormous amount of information, but is that information available to everyone with a computer? The short answer is no.

Aaron Swartz: A Review of his Revolutionary Beliefs

Introduction

Aaron Swartz was a young revolutionary, originally fixated on coding and the internet in the early 2000’s. Swartz spent one year at Stanford, using his spare time to work on a start up called…

The Knowledge Barrier

Knowledge is what keeps the human race moving forward, it leads to creation, innovation and development. Before modernity, ideas expanded by trade or interaction and they helped societies build civilizations. Powerful knowledge from Darwin, Confucius, Simone de Beauvoir or Thoreau, which…

Information As A Privilege

In the past couple of weeks, I have come to value something I took for granted for so long, and that is…