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1 The Digital Bridge to Somewhere The changing landscape of content delivery Charles Forrest, Director, Library Facilities American Library Association Annual Conference New Orleans, Saturday, June 25, 2011

2 Cultural memory institutions use the best available technology

3 Cultural memory institutions use the best available technology to acquire, conserve and transmit the inscribed cultural legacy

4 Libraries, Museums and Archives to acquire, conserve and transmit the inscribed cultural legacy

5 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://www.donsmaps.com/cavepaintings.html

6 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://listverse.com/2007/10/07/top-10-ancient-inventions/

7 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://www.numenware.com/article/454

8 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://clio.missouristate.edu/chuchiak/HSt%20350--Inca_writing%20System-Quipu.htm

9 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://oldegypt.wikispaces.com/Hieroglyphics+Symbols

10 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://worldstravelr.blogspot.com/2011/01/mysterious-ancient-egyptian-pyramids.html

11 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://isabellechu.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/history-classwork-cuneiform-and-the-sumerians/

12 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://msburkeenglish.wordpress.com/contact-me/

13 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://www.cwu.edu/~morgann/webquery.html

14 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://www.facsimile-editions.com/en/ds/

15 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://mytwopiasters.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/alexandria/

16 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://letterology.blogspot.com/2010/11/early-book-marketing.html

17 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gallery/seasons/autumn/40.html

18 Libraries, Museums and Archives http://www.amazon.com/Books-Digital-Age-Transformation-Publishing/dp/0745634788/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308102562&sr=1-1

19 http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#0

20 A technological device optimized to simulate print-on-paper http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#0

21 First text in Project Gutenberg – 1971 http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#1

22 Alan Kay with the “DynaBook” in the late ‘60s http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#2

23 One Laptop Per Child http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#3

24 Apple iPad http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#7

25 Amazon Kindle http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#5

26 Cybook Opus http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#8

27 Wikipedia in print? http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkfwustAdK1qg8ng8o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1307414117&Signature=48cFGIL%2Btm358GXeT3NsWBXXeK8%3D

28 …in your hand? The WikiReader http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#10

29 Concept design: “eRoll” http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#11

30 Concept design: “eRoll” http://www.gaychristian101.com/Torah-Observance.html

31 The Tower of Babel http://www.israpundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/tower-of-babel1.jpg

32 The Library of Babel http://laugharne.tumblr.com/post/359415714/a-version-of-jorge-luis-borges-library-of-babel-illustra

33 A single book… http://bookmolesbooks.tumblr.com/post/157869497/i-think-this-is-how-bowie-wrote-his-lyrics-on

34 A single page…

35 http://rhapsodyinbooks.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/babel1.jpg

36 A single page… http://thehumanities.com/2011/01/26/the-unknown-jorge-luis-borges/

37 A single page…

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39 http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#12

40 A single page… http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/journey-e-book-slideshow?partner=homepage_newsletter#12

41 A single page… I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library Jorge Luis Borges

42 A single page… a kind of library

43 A single page… Cultural memory institutions use the best available technology to acquire, conserve and transmit the inscribed cultural legacy

44 http://www.scuffletown.org/?p=4887 Charles Forrest, Director, Library Facilities American Library Association Annual Conference New Orleans, Saturday, June 25, 2011


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