Robert Darnton Quotes

Robert Darnton — American Historian born on May 10, 1939,

Robert Choate Darnton is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France... (wikipedia)

People sometimes announce that we have entered 'the information age' as if information did not exist in other times. I think that every age was an age of information, each in its own way and according to the available media.

The fact that I spend a lot of time in the 18th century doesn't mean I'm not concerned with the 21st.

People think that when you use Google you're finding exactly what you need, but really, you need expert help.

I believe we should celebrate new possibilities of combining the printed codex with electronic technology... The information ecology is getting richer, not thinner.

We need librarians who can handle this tremendous jumble of information that is in cyberspace.

Robert Darnton Quotes

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