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Originally Posted by GeoffC
The British Library and other Countries' Institutions may become increasingly electronic-minded and hence have storage/backup facilities/plans. The British Library has been slowly increasing its catalogue over the years; and then, of course, there is Google !
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Actually, the library of congress also keeps a record of virtually every book, musical recording and video recording ever made. There are of course exceptions, but it is the modern day version of the
Library of Alexandria. I also imagine that, as with most other things, the American government has some kind of military bunkers where government could continue to function and where the world's knowledge is stored for future use. The United States tends to have been rich enough to have people in government who are actively paid to think about these kinds of disasters and to find ways to preserve the "important people" and knowledge. Not that it will do the rest of us any good. . .
Eric