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First Aired - 03/20/2011 04:30PM
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Are libraries dead? Do we need books anymore? Has digital media taken over the printed word? What does the future hold for archiving? Curtis B. Wayne & Jacob Alspector attempt to answer these questions and more on a library themed edition of Burning Down the House. Tune in to learn why more books are being printed today than every before and how libraries are, and always will be, an essential ingredient for a thriving culture. This episode was sponsored by www.WholeFoodsMarket.com
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Burning Down the House: Digitizing the World (14:31)
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Curtis B. Wayne, Burning Down the House, Fairway Market, Jacob Alspector, libraries, digitizing the world, The Six Discourses, digital browsing, simulated browsing, Amazon, nothing can replace the smell and feel of books, random discovery, Brooklyn Public Library, libraries are intertwined with our culture and history, historical data,Digital Preservation and The Rise of.....Book Production? (17:49)
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Richard Thompson, digital preservation, YouTube as a digital archive, what happens if the grid goes down?, life before the internet, why continue to build libraries?, libraries weren't always accessible to the public, private libraries, society libraries, public libraries, they are making more books than ever, book publishing business, production is up, libraries as meeting places, media keeps changing, humans are social animals, the time before slackers, Eddie Haskel,Information Explosion! (15:43)
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Wayback Machine, www.archive.org, book production, one medium does not displace another, no tool has been invented that is not still in use, over production, our brains need to recover, information explosion, e-books, NPR.org/blog/monkeysee, next big pop culture wave might be libraries, are local libraries necessary?, librarians, information exchange,Blinded by Science (13:01)
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Starbucks, people are lonely, technology is getting smaller, open marketplace of ideas, library design, digital publishing, digital readers for digital books, limited format, eBooks are here to stay, are we blinded by our technology?, ancient scrolls, books are not going away, population is booming, blinded by science,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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We Dig Plants: Botanical Libraries (19:31)
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We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Krieg, Hearst Ranch, Groundworks Inc, New York Botanical Library, botanical libraries, New York Botanic Garden, Stephen Sinon, NYBG, botany, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Elizabeth Gertrude, herbarium, dried plant specimens, wintering plants, horticultural history, Darwin manuscripts, Darwiniana, visual exhibitions,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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Looking for activities to do with your child? Find out how you can help teach your child to have fun while learning and developing with some great tips from Alessandra Iavrone. Learn about some of the Montessori teaching methods featured in the book "Teach Me to Do It Myself". Find out how you can help your child learn responsibility by having an active role in "play-time". This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
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