So I finished The Access Principle, it was really insightful. The future of shared communities providing access to information both locally and globally is comforting and amazing. When I was getting my BA in Communication I think I got really depressed for awhile thinking about how awful things are for some people, how corrupt the government can be, and feeling as though most Americans could give a shit. For some reason now that I am in Grad school I feel like there really is hope. Every time these books mention the problems of today I see that there is hope because we are talking about them. I don't know if it's a change in attitude for me or if I now feel that I am going to be part of solving these things. Willinsky talks about knowledge not having to be something that people have to earn but is "grounded in the basic right to know" This is exactly how I feel. This is why I wanted to become a librarian, I believe that people have the right to know-- no matter what other resources they are denied in life, we have an obligation to give them free access to information.
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