Digital Promise and Peril

摘要

"Born digital" content is promising because, ultimately, libraries' most important future content is its unique content. But it's also a source of peril because many librarians lack the awareness and technological skills to actively select, collect, and preserve this content. The success of sites such as Flickr, YouTube, and Blip.tv demonstrates thatrnindividuals are creating and sharing their own content more than ever.