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From PLATO (1960), Project Gutenberg (1971), up through Wolfram Alpha (2009), there have been 11+ public computing projects invented in Champaign-Urbana, many with leadership from libraries and library schools. Thursday and Friday we will be hearing from founders and others. We're aiming to help the next 50 years be at least as innovative. Public computing is as basic as public education, mass literacy ... and public libraries... have been for a democratic and sustainable society. http://go.illinois.edu/50years -- will be webcast Interested to hear about similar history on other campuses. We need to draw these lines for all to see. all best, kate --- http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~katewill