Stop worrying about whether libraries will survive the digital age, the head of the British Library has said, as he argues that they could outlast the internet.
Roly Keating, director of the British Library, said he was shocked at how many „smart people“ still questioned whether libraries were still viable in the modern age.
Saying the institution had countless values worth defending, including trust, he argued that libraries could prove the most „powerful and resiliant network yet“.
„These values predated the internet,“ he said. „And if we get it right may yet outlast it.“ …
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