Comments on: An Argument in Favor of the Digitization of the Library http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-argument-in-favor-of-the-digitization-of-the-library/ falling indelibly into the past Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:44:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kari http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-argument-in-favor-of-the-digitization-of-the-library/#comment-671 kari Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:23:42 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=356#comment-671 <p>Last week I heard Kenny Goldsmith, founder of the online archive UbuWeb, speak at the Word and Image conference at the University of Pennsylvania.  He walked up to the podium wearing a T-shirt with the title of his talk splashed across it: “If it doesn’t exist on the Internet, it doesn’t exist.” </p> Last week I heard Kenny Goldsmith, founder of the online archive UbuWeb, speak at the Word and Image conference at the University of Pennsylvania.  He walked up to the podium wearing a T-shirt with the title of his talk splashed across it: “If it doesn’t exist on the Internet, it doesn’t exist.”

]]> By: Scott http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-argument-in-favor-of-the-digitization-of-the-library/#comment-670 Scott Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:27:33 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=356#comment-670 <p>That’s precisely why I’ve taken to scanning the primary sources I deal with.  I’ve got five crates of xeroxes—c19 magazine articles, sermons, letters, etc—and when a journal recently asked me to check something, I thought “Dear God.  Do I even know where that file <i>is</i> anymore?” </p> That’s precisely why I’ve taken to scanning the primary sources I deal with.  I’ve got five crates of xeroxes—c19 magazine articles, sermons, letters, etc—and when a journal recently asked me to check something, I thought “Dear God.  Do I even know where that file is anymore?”

]]> By: meg http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/an-argument-in-favor-of-the-digitization-of-the-library/#comment-669 meg Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:59:03 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=356#comment-669 <p>Hello, research assistant? </p> <p> Best $8/hr you’ll ever spend, take it from me. </p> Hello, research assistant?

Best $8/hr you’ll ever spend, take it from me.

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