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SeaKing · 03-04-2012, 02:38 AM

In a Flood Tide of Digital Data, an Ark Full of Books
By DAVID STREITFELD
Published: March 3, 2012, New York Times

"RICHMOND, Calif. — In a wooden warehouse in this industrial suburb, the 20th century is being stored in case of digital disaster.
The Physical Archive of the Internet Archive hopes to eventually collect 10 million items, and it has started taking in films as well.

Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive.

Forty-foot shipping containers stacked two by two are stuffed with the most enduring, as well as some of the most forgettable, books of the era. Every week, 20,000 new volumes arrive, many of them donations from libraries and universities thrilled to unload material that has no place in the Internet Age..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/te...books.html?hpw

I have to admit, I am taken aback. I don't know what to think. To laugh. To admire. To just be astonished.

03-04-2012, 02:38 AM	#1
SeaKing Frequent Flier Posts: 1,282 Karma: 2058993297 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: KB kindle aboard, Galx Tab 7.0 Plus, trying out Droid 1 as mini-tab	In a Flood Tide of Digital Data, an Ark Full of Books In a Flood Tide of Digital Data, an Ark Full of Books By DAVID STREITFELD Published: March 3, 2012, New York Times "RICHMOND, Calif. — In a wooden warehouse in this industrial suburb, the 20th century is being stored in case of digital disaster. The Physical Archive of the Internet Archive hopes to eventually collect 10 million items, and it has started taking in films as well. Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive. Forty-foot shipping containers stacked two by two are stuffed with the most enduring, as well as some of the most forgettable, books of the era. Every week, 20,000 new volumes arrive, many of them donations from libraries and universities thrilled to unload material that has no place in the Internet Age..." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/te...books.html?hpw I have to admit, I am taken aback. I don't know what to think. To laugh. To admire. To just be astonished.