[infolink-l] [Fwd: [Fwd: New Yorker piece on libraries, digitization, etc.]]
Kenny, Thomas
tkenny@spc.edu
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This statement underlines the value of books. Digitization highlights =
the uniqueness of the original source and changes the book into a new =
artifact. It is a newly valuable artifact for its content and its =
format. Like a rare photograph, it cannot be duplicated exactly. In =
addition, I wonder if ownership of the book by libraries gives them a =
kind of "use"? ownership? Also, textually speaking, it is needed to =
validate any copy.
Tom Kenny
Saint Peter's College Library
tkenny@spc.edu
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From: Debbie Rabina <drabina@pratt.edu> <mailto:drabina@pratt.edu> =09
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Grafton, Anthony. Future reading: Digitization and its discontents. The=20
New Yorker, November 5, 2007. *http://tinyurl.com/2qvp2j *
An excerpt:
"Sit in your local coffee shop, and your laptop can tell you a lot. If=20
you want deeper, more local knowledge, you will have to take the=20
narrower path that leads between the lions and up the stairs. There-as=20
in great libraries around the world-you'll use all the new sources...But =
these streams of data, rich as they are, will illuminate, rather than=20
eliminate, books and prints and manuscripts that only the library can=20
put in front of you. The narrow path still leads, as it must, to crowded =
public rooms where the sunlight gleams on varnished tables, and=20
knowledge is embodied in millions of dusty, crumbling, smelly,=20
irreplaceable documents and books."
Bernie Sloan
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144 West 14th Street, 6th fl.
New York, NY, 10011-7301
drabina@pratt.edu
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Robert J. Belvin, Ph.D.
New Brunswick Free Public Library
60 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick NJ 08901
732.745.5271 Fax 732.846.0243 bbelvin at lmxac.org
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statement underlines the value of books. Digitization highlights the =
uniqueness of the original source and changes the book into a new =
artifact. It is a newly valuable artifact for its content and its =
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Future reading: Digitization and its discontents. The =0A=
New Yorker, November 5, 2007. *<A class=3Dmoz-txt-link-freetext =
href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/2qvp2j">http://tinyurl.com/2qvp2j</A> *=0A=
An excerpt:=0A=
"Sit in your local coffee shop, and your laptop can tell you a lot. If =0A=
you want deeper, more local knowledge, you will have to take the =0A=
narrower path that leads between the lions and up the stairs. =
There—as =0A=
in great libraries around the world—you’ll use all the new =
sources...But =0A=
these streams of data, rich as they are, will illuminate, rather than =0A=
eliminate, books and prints and manuscripts that only the library can =0A=
put in front of you. The narrow path still leads, as it must, to crowded =0A=
public rooms where the sunlight gleams on varnished tables, and =0A=
knowledge is embodied in millions of dusty, crumbling, smelly, =0A=
irreplaceable documents and books."=0A=
Bernie Sloan=0A=
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__________________________________________________=0A=
Do You Yahoo!?=0A=
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around=0A=
<A class=3Dmoz-txt-link-freetext =
href=3D"http://mail.yahoo.com/">http://mail.yahoo.com</A>=0A=
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-- =0A=
Debbie Rabina, Ph.D,=0A=
Assistant Professor=0A=
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science=0A=
144 West 14th Street, 6th fl.=0A=
New York, NY, 10011-7301=0A=
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Robert J. Belvin, Ph.D.=0A=
New Brunswick Free Public Library=0A=
60 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick NJ 08901=0A=
732.745.5271 Fax 732.846.0243 bbelvin at lmxac.org=0A=
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Progress doesn't come from early risers - progress=0A=
is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.=0A=
Lazarus Long in Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein.=0A=
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