IT’S BEEN AN HONOR (not to be sued)
Mark Matienzo, an applications developer in the Digital Experience Group of the New York Public Library, cited my Reaching for the Out of Reach project as one of three “positive examples to illustrate the benefit of [creative] reuse” with regard to digital archives during his talk at the Society of American Archivists meeting in Austin, Texas, on August 13, 2009:
Yet, for all the fear, uncertainty and doubt … there are people that you might think of as shadowy figures that disrespect your boundaries who really may be doing a positive service to your institutions and collections by adding value to them. Furthermore, they are not just adding value on your behalf, but on the behalf of that online community writ large.
Powerful words, & an interesting insight into the front lines of our digital age. You can see the complete slideshow & read his remarks here.
