As the final session it was fitting that this was a broad view of publishing and thoughts for the future. Sharing ideas has changed the world. Gutenberg’s press was the first way that information could be shared worldwide and now the digital revolution is developing this. The music industry has been the first industry to be really effected by digital changes - essentially it is now voluntary whether or not to pay for music. It is a choice that we make but the industry can not survive being paid effectively on tips for very long. Equally access to material shouldn’t be restricted by ability to pay - and this tradition used by libraries should continue.
In both music and publishing content is at risk to technology - some of this risk may be good, some bad. We will increasingly become wireless and we are just at the beginning of the changes in technology. The future is Just in Time delivery of what we want - warehouses are signs of inefficiency and the delivery of content, or information will become more important than the distribution.
Although we think the world is changing now the change form analogue to digital is not as big as the changes in the 1920s with the move to the use of electricity - in the music industry acoustic became electric, audiences became worldwide with the introduction of television and radio, yet the first public performance licences were created in 1847 - therefore creating standards.
The Web 2.0 is creating relationships which never end - the feminisation of knowledge; not just delivering an item to the user, but continually creating relationships.
"We will have done the right thing when our information feels free without being free."
Karina and Kathryn
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