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Books and Libraries in the Digital Age with Robert Darnton

Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT

Robert Darnton
Robert Darnton

A pioneering scholar of the Enlightenment and of the history of the book, Robert Darnton is the director of the University Library and the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard. A former Rhodes Scholar and MacArthur Fellow, his books include The Business of the Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopedie, The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History, and The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Prerevolutionary France. He has written extensively on the impact of digital technologies on the culture of print and on the responsibilities of libraries in the computer age.

In this Forum, Darnton discusses the emergence of the discipline of the history of the book, the future of books and reading, and his own vision of the ways in which new and old media can reinforce each other, strengthening and transforming the world of learning.

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Thursday, October 16, 2008
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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
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MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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