An Open Source Library Hub

 Jerry Cedicci & Robin Trehan

 

Imagine a place where you can get all of the information you needed and videos to accompany them. Many students would benefit from such a site; it would be like a combination of YouTube and Wikipedia. These are two of the most visited web sites and with the technology they offer, we would be able to update information and access information we need anytime. Given the freedom of the Wikipedia style site, we could look up information for our own interests or for school and if we know someone more about the topic that isn’t there, we could simply add to the site. Not only will text be included on the article topics, but videos as well. This could greatly help students and other professionals looking for detailed information.

Wikipedia is a site that offers great encyclopedic information that can be updated by anyone. YouTube offers free videos online, but is less educational. If a web site were to be built with the combination of the two, the opportunities would be endless. For instance, medical students would be able to look up information for their projects and post videos of their experiments. The same goes for other students and anyone else who wants in on the information gathering.

Likely after this “WikiTube or LibraryHub” is created, it would wipe out other encyclopedia sites. But to help ensure the accuracy of the web site, editors and fact checkers will be needed to correct the information. This will make a more reliable source than Wikipedia.

Sometimes text or videos alone isn’t enough to explain a specific topic. With the use of both, we can better understand a subject. You could contribute to the web site by uploading your latest theories on a topic and your video to back it up. This would be a venue for all to share their minds with one another.

An open source library hub, such as this could benefit many types of people. Professionals and students would be able to add their videos to an existing subject to help prove wrong the previous person or can add more evidence. The users can then make up their minds on what to make of what is provided on the site; like a universal university filled with students, professors and everyone else with internet access. Having such an educational source would benefit anyone who uses the web for information, not only for school matters, but for work. Lawyers, doctors and even writers can do research here to find what they need to know. Such a web site would be a revolution indeed.

Jerry Cedicci and Robin Trehan can be reached at rtrehan@creditcapitalfunding.com

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