This post is just a note to myself for something I want to reflect upon (an aside)....
Book conservation or content conservation? Or both? Our text, when speaking of the lack of storage space for the copious amount of printed material that our modern society produces, mentions a book by Nicholson Baker: Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper (2001) . I've always been a Nicholson Baker fan, but wasn't aware of this one. **Note to self to read.
Here is a response to his book from Richard Cox. (Richard J. Cox is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in library science and an M.A. in history. The author of numerous articles, technical reports, and books, he was named a fellow of the Society of American Archivists in 1989.)
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Just curious, Tara. What is the gist of these books? What arguments are being made? --Barbara
ReplyDeleteI haven't yet read Baker's book (he is normally a novelist, as you know). My understanding is that he is promoting the idea that ALL texts should be saved in a hard-copy (as opposed to a digital) form. It's a romantic concept. I am interested in hearing how he justifies it.
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