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  • March 5, 2012 at 3:10 pm #3100 Reply
    Phidippides
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    Similar to that seed preservation project in northern Europe, this project aims to hold actual books in some container (presumably in case there is an ELE which wipes out digital formats).In a Flood Tide of Digital Data, an Ark Full of Books

    March 6, 2012 at 3:54 pm #26665 Reply
    scout1067
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    Actually not a bad idea if you think about it.  How many works would we have from antiquity if they had done something similar?

    March 6, 2012 at 4:13 pm #26666 Reply
    skiguy
    Moderator

    Let's just hope it's fireproof

    March 6, 2012 at 6:29 pm #26667 Reply
    Phidippides
    Keymaster

    And let's not hope the group involved in preserving books has a political “angle” to all of this.

    March 8, 2012 at 1:07 pm #26668 Reply
    scout1067
    Participant

    I will bet you dollars to doughnuts there is politics involved in book selection.  I will also bet that The Catcher in the Rye  is in the first lot of books preserved.

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