Annotation

A rather dry introduction to the topic of annotation, with a focus on current projects and technologies making use of comment and annotation systems. I found it interesting, but a little too shallow of a dive into the meaty issues of ethics, power, as well as issues of credibility and access, which were hardly touched on. The book is mostly focused on the educational and social aspects of annotation, and so if that is your background you might get more out of this. There was also only a very minute amount of text covering the history and evolution of annotation, which I feel was a major misstep. I recommend it as a part of a study of the practice of annotation and current issues surrounding it, but not as a casual read – it is too dry and technical for that.