14.0249 noisy libraries

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         Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 07:20:09 +0100
         From: "Norman D. Hinton" <hinton@springnet1.com>
         Subject: Re: 14.0231 UNC "Public Library of the Internet"

Oh, wonderful, a noisy library.  I'm glad it's not in my town.


  >     The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's MetaLab, one
  >     of the busiest digital libraries on the Internet, on Monday
  >     received a $4-million gift and a new name, ibiblio.org. Its
  >     benefactor says the gift will help the site develop its unique
  >     character as "the public library of the Internet."
  >
  >     During the next six to eight months, Mr. Jones says he expects
  >     to introduce user-based rankings and ratings of ibiblio
  >     library materials, adopting some of the methods and
  >     open-source software used by slashdot.org, another popular
  >     Internet site. "We want it to be Jacksonian, noisy, and
  >     participatory," he says.
  >
  >

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