Libraries, Digital Advertising, and the Machine Zone (opens in new tab)

Librarians are an underused, underpaid, and underestimated legion. And . Not just the fact that libraries have to maintain waitlists for access to a digital file, but also that the barriers to checking out an ebook are unnecessarily high. As she puts it, “Teaching people about having technology serve them includes helping them learn to assess and evaluate risk for themselves.” In her view, “Information workers need to be willing to step up and be more honest about how technology really works ...