An edition of The great digitization (2009)

The great digitization

and the quest to know everything

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An edition of The great digitization (2009)

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Publisher
Inner Traditions
Language
English
Pages
182

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The great digitization: and the quest to know everything
2009, Inner Traditions
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Table of Contents

Introduction: finding information or funding a national library?
Bnf versus BNF
For Wells is not the plural of Orwell
Geneva : world capital
Quick, quick
Volutes
A digital coronary
When the book is too highly concentrated, the purpose it serves is easily forgotten
The pixel coming to paper's aid
Is this already the post-Google era?
But why the devil do we need libraries?
Concordant and discordant clues
The big picture
First trials
Burning stakes
Advent Eve
Muta solitudo
An all-horizons inventory
The future at the portal
Tomorrow's readers
Last books! Last books! Closing time!
Paper leaves by the door and comes back through the window
Library, arise!
Striped uniforms
Shrouds
Purse strings and police cordons
Smocks
Against the grain.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-174) and index.

Published in
Rochester, Vt

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
028.7
Library of Congress
Z1003 .P7513 2009, Z1003.P747513 2009, Z1003 .P747513 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 182 p. ;
Number of pages
182

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24813490M
Internet Archive
greatdigitizatio0000pola
ISBN 10
1594772436
ISBN 13
9781594772436
LCCN
2008048425
OCLC/WorldCat
264023186

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