The Greatest Library Ever Built
Published on Nov 19, 2015
A summation of Brewster Kahle’s innovative concept of the most comprehensive free digital library, including historical inspirations, challenges, and implementation.
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Inspiration, Innovation
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Library at Alexandria inspired Brewster Kahle...
More information about the Library at Alexandria:
http://bit.ly/1QchoK4
http://bit.ly/1QchoK4
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- Included Greek literature and documents, as well as translations from other Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Languages.
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- Kahle wants to provide access to all knowledge, information, and media, to everyone in the world, at any time
- His massive collection seeks to preserve every book, image, sound recording, video, software program, etc., ever made.
- The Internet itself is a powerful information bank
To read an interview with Brewster Kahle and learn more about the task go here: http://bit.ly/1L9EukW
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The Internet Archive has been making a full copy of the World Wide Web every two months since 1996.
For more information about Internet Archive, visit their website at:
http://bit.ly/1InOLc2
http://bit.ly/1InOLc2
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Internet Archive founded Open Library which seeks to preserve physical books by using impressive scanning technology that when completed, allows the user to see actual pages of the book.
To visit the Open Library Website go here:
http://bit.ly/1i3T375
http://bit.ly/1i3T375
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Open Library also saves one copy of each book
in specially converted, climate-controlled shipping containers
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Watch the Video :)
Link to the Ted Talks video where Brewster Kahle discusses the inspiration and implementation of this monumental task: http://bit.ly/1IqEppH
Link to the Full-Text Transcript of the Video: http://bit.ly/1KWUKlz
For a biography and more information about Brewster Kahle follow this link:
http://bit.ly/1eJ4185
Link to the Full-Text Transcript of the Video: http://bit.ly/1KWUKlz
For a biography and more information about Brewster Kahle follow this link:
http://bit.ly/1eJ4185
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Challenges
- A goal never achieved?
- How to store so much content? (electronically)
- How to store so much content? (physical collection)
- Funding
- Engineering
- Legal and copyright
1. Even Brewster Kahle wonders if Internet Archive and Open Library will ever truly be finished. With so much content already available, and more being created every day, it may be impossible to create an archive of "everything".
2. As you can imagine, electronically storing a record of everything ever created requires an unimaginable amount of storage capability. In 2013, Internet Archive had around 10 petabytes of data. To put this in perspective, ONE petabyte of mp3 data would take 2,000 years to play. The human brain is estimated to store 2.5 petabytes of information... For more approximations of the petabyte follow this link:
http://bit.ly/1L3fzLe
Also along these lines, how do you make all that content available to the public? How can you make it easily searchable?
3. Including one copy of every book scanned into Open Library requires quite a lot of storage space, and the appropriate preservation measures to keep it intact.
4. Must have continual funds to manage storage collections, staff, and continue scanning activities.
5. Brewster Kahle had to develop special scanning machines and software to implement his ideas.
6. Obviously lots of potential infringements here, and the need to use information ethically!
2. As you can imagine, electronically storing a record of everything ever created requires an unimaginable amount of storage capability. In 2013, Internet Archive had around 10 petabytes of data. To put this in perspective, ONE petabyte of mp3 data would take 2,000 years to play. The human brain is estimated to store 2.5 petabytes of information... For more approximations of the petabyte follow this link:
http://bit.ly/1L3fzLe
Also along these lines, how do you make all that content available to the public? How can you make it easily searchable?
3. Including one copy of every book scanned into Open Library requires quite a lot of storage space, and the appropriate preservation measures to keep it intact.
4. Must have continual funds to manage storage collections, staff, and continue scanning activities.
5. Brewster Kahle had to develop special scanning machines and software to implement his ideas.
6. Obviously lots of potential infringements here, and the need to use information ethically!
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References
- All images are copy-right free, courtesy of HaikuDeck and Flickr
- Encyclopedia Britannica (Library at Alexandria)
- Interview with Brewster Kahle
- Ted Talks video
- Wikipedia pages
- Internet Archive and Open Libray websites
Flickr Image:
Courtesy of Simon Booth, a photograph of a library
See the photograph here:
https://flic.kr/p/3K5dmi
Encyclopedia Britannica page for information about the Library at Alexandria:
http://bit.ly/1QchoK4
Interview with Brewster Kahle provided by Luke Ryan in his self-published blog
http://bit.ly/1L9EukW
Ted Talks Video:
http://bit.ly/1IqEppH
Ted Talks Video Transcript:
http://bit.ly/1KWUKlz
Information about Brewster Kahle:
http://bit.ly/1KWUKlz
The Petabyte:
http://bit.ly/1L3fzLe
About Internet Archive:
http://bit.ly/1InOLc2
About Open Library:
http://bit.ly/1i3T375
Courtesy of Simon Booth, a photograph of a library
See the photograph here:
https://flic.kr/p/3K5dmi
Encyclopedia Britannica page for information about the Library at Alexandria:
http://bit.ly/1QchoK4
Interview with Brewster Kahle provided by Luke Ryan in his self-published blog
http://bit.ly/1L9EukW
Ted Talks Video:
http://bit.ly/1IqEppH
Ted Talks Video Transcript:
http://bit.ly/1KWUKlz
Information about Brewster Kahle:
http://bit.ly/1KWUKlz
The Petabyte:
http://bit.ly/1L3fzLe
About Internet Archive:
http://bit.ly/1InOLc2
About Open Library:
http://bit.ly/1i3T375
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