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You’re Sadly Mistaken If You Think Libraries Are Just For Storing Books

WORDS Posted: May 30, 2017 10:24 am

“If a library is just where a society keeps its books, then it’s easy to see why many people no longer perceive libraries as relevant. In the days of yore, a building full of books was a clear metaphor for collective knowledge. But today, knowledge is no longer bound to the printed page, and electronic and non-textual forms of media proliferate. Our cultural knowledge is no longer represented primarily as text within books. Moreover, with the internet, we can access our multimedia cultural knowledge from virtually anywhere.”

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WORDS Published: 05.25.17

Read the story in The Smart Set Published: 05.25.17

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