Archive.org: Every Book in the World at Your Fingertips
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, discusses their mission to digitize all the world's books. He explains that in addition to making the books available online, they've also built bookmobiles that can provide print copies of these books o... Read more
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- -: Archive.org: Every Book in the World at Your Fingertips
December 17, 2011 (over 1 year ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, discusses their mission to digitize all the world's books. He explains that in addition to making the books available online, they've also built bookmobi...
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- -: TEDxYouth@Sacramento - Rivkah Sass: Modernizing a Public Library
May 2, 2011 (about 2 years ago)About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a...
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- -: TEDxUFM: Grete Pasch - I can give you books
September 9, 2011 (over 1 year ago)Grete Pasch is an expert in metadata design, academic libraries, computer systems implementation, digitization projects, rich media production, digital library management, e-learning, and higher education. She is currently vice dean of the Central Library at Effat University in Saudi Arabia. Prev...
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- -: The Librarians Who Battled the Patriot Act - David Goodman
April 20, 2009 (about 4 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/14/Amy_and_David_Goodman_Standing_Up_to_the_Madness Mother Jones journalist David Goodman tells the story of four Connecticut librarians who were ordered by the FBI to release library records under the Patriot Act. After filing suit against the Attorney ...
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- -: The Future of Google Books - Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin
October 30, 2009 (over 3 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/22/A_Conversation_with_Googles_Sergey_Brin Sergey Brin responds to criticism Google has received concerning its project to digitize and store millions of the world's books online. "I've been surprised at the level of controversy there," says Brin, but ma...
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Eleanor Roosevelt: What Libraries Mean To The Nation
April 1, 1936 (about 77 years ago)Eleanor Roosevelt talks to the District of Columbia Library Association about the library needs of urban and rural areas, needs which could be said to be poles apart.
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