The Slow Cancellation of Online Libraries
Some 15 years ago, Sean Dockray, Geert Lovink, and myself were discussing online libraries and my research into offline libraries. There were many possibilities for the future of online libraries. Sean, as the founder and director of AAAARG.ORG, the now defunct online library, was pretty positive about it all, even as he himself was begin hounded by the publishing industry. AAAARG started as ARG, and as he had to close the site down, he would just add an A. It worked, for a while.
