The Information

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…

Aaron Swartz : An Unsung Hero

The Internet’s Own Boy is a documentary which tells the story of a gifted young man, Aaron Swartz, as he sacrifices his entire future and accomplishments for the greater good of the world. From a very young age, Swartz always impressed others with his ability to immediately…

CiteULike as a Research Tool

Throughout high school, NoodleTools was the go to citation generator for me. Up until this point, I had never put much thought into the other citation generators out there, as I was very happy with my simplistic uses of NoodleTools. However, after exploring citation generators…

The intellectual Battle Between Knowledge and the Internet

The internet is by far the most powerful tool that has ever been invented by mankind. Its dexterity, availability and efficiency leaves it as being the strongest innovative contender. For hundreds of years humans have been…

Libraries in the Age of Information: What’s the point?

My Experience on the Open Library

What Is the Open Library?

The Hidden Value of the Library

It’s no secret that times are changing. Children hear their parents complain about how “back in the day, we used to trek five miles in the snow to get to school every morning” and the kids think, why didn’t they just request an Uber? We are developing into a digital age…