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RainDog

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14. Yes.

Sun May 19, 2013, 10:38 PM

May 2013

digitization of archives and all other library materials has been the focus for years.

even so, there are a lot of libraries (special collections, often) that don't even have their catalogs all online yet because of the cost of and the various restrictions on donor funds.

All the library stuff behind a paywall, only accessible with a subscription used to be called "the hidden internet," and that's what needs to be made totally accessible to the public as a library service now, too, those academic journals, without having to go through the library computers for things behind subscription walls.

Aaron Schwartz helped to bring this issue to the public.

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The World is NOT 6000 yrs old. It's actually 18 yrs old.... [View all] Junkdrawer May 2013 OP

I can't read anything longer than a DU OP on the computer screen. DCKit May 2013 #1

When my wife got her PhD (~1993), see used the microfiche stacks in the Library of Congress.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #2

They've been scanning like crazy for the past decade, at least. DCKit May 2013 #3

AudiobooksForFree.com ??? Junkdrawer May 2013 #4

It's Librivox that I'm thinking of. DCKit May 2013 #6

So my son, who got his masters of library science, loves books.... rgbecker May 2013 #5

How far back? Do they cover the cited period ('45 to '50)? Junkdrawer May 2013 #8

I think you'll have to refer to the big green books, as before the internet's birth 18 years ago! rgbecker May 2013 #11

always ask a librarian... Junkdrawer May 2013 #12

Yes. RainDog May 2013 #14

It's somewhere between 40 and 50 years old. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #7

In your dreams.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #9

Sorry. I know it's tough to deal with Warren DeMontague May 2013 #10

Our universes fade away with the last expiration... sanatanadharma May 2013 #13

Yes, we can't do anything BUT exist. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #15

archive has lots of free stuff sigmasix May 2013 #16

BTW: My boy calls me a Tull nerd.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #17