Aaron Swartz to be awarded by American Library Association

The Internet activist Aaron Swartz will be awarded the American Library Association’s James Madison Award on Friday as part of the group’s Freedom of Information Day event at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Swartz, who committed suicide in January in the midst of a federal prosecution for document theft, will be honored for his efforts to promote open access to research and government information, according to the group’s president, Maureen Sullivan.

“Aaron had a deep commitment in all his work to support open access, which is a core value of libraries and so many people who use them,” Ms. Sullivan said, adding: “At times, it was beyond a passion.”

As a teenager, Mr. Swartz designed code for the Creative Commons licensing system, helped to develop the RSS Web feed technology, and helped found the social news Web site Reddit. In 2008, he created a computer programthat enabled free access to federal judicial documents. He is also the founder of Demand Progress, a group that promotes online social justice campaigns. From: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/aaron-swartz-to-be-honored-by-library-association/

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