<div dir="ltr">Andrew Russell, a Stevens Institute of Technology professor of History and Director of the Program in Science and Technology Studies in the College of Arts and Letters, recently published a book <b><font color="#ff0000">explaining how “openness” was a deliberate result that pre-dates the origins of the Internet.</font></b><div>
<br>His book, Open Standards and the Digital Age, highlights the historical and political history of how the internet evolved into an open platform.<b><font color="#ff0000"> From open source software to open access publishing, it’s clear that “openness” is a defining principle of the twenty-first century.</font></b> In fact, to a considerable degree, anyone of power obstructing openness is perceived as questionable, and whistle-blowers as largely heroes—as seen in the recent example of Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency. Yet the standard of openness is not simply the inevitable outcome of the globalization of technology; it was a strategy that engineers used to promote the Internet’s global adoption.</div>
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<i><u>Good idea for libraries to buy this book!</u></i></div><br></div></div>