Content, Not Containers
September 29th, 2004I’m going to have to read this report [PDF] from OCLC in more detail at a later date, but I was hooked just by reading the abstract on PADI:
“This is a follow up document to the 2003 Five Year Information Format Trends report. It is an enlightening report regarding the concept of “format agnostic” users of library and web based material. It explores the idea that users don’t care about what type of document (book, URL, file, text etc) the information is, rather the content is of greater significance. Projected shifts in the volume of content are also discussed. Of particular interest is the rise of social publishing such as blogs and wikis and the syndication of digital content. Such shifts have implications for the planning and implimentation of digital preservation strategies.“
The bolding was on my end. I have 4 social networking books sitting on my nightstand waiting to be read, plus 10-15 articles that I want to get through as well. Just add this one to the pile.