The World Motivation
The idea of a national digital library has been in the air for a long time, and there was a danger that some people would feel that it's their property, so to speak.
“The idea of a national digital library has been in the air for a long time, and there was a danger that some people would feel that it's their property, so to speak.”
— Robert Darnton · Danger
The idea of a national digital library has been in the air for a long time, and there was a danger that some people would feel that it's their property, so to speak.
The notion of 'history from below' hit the history profession in England very hard around the time I came to Oxford in the early 1960s.
I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books.
We are living in one of those rare moments in history when things may come apart and be put back together again in ways that will determine the future for decades or more, despite the endless innovations of technology.
I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.
Rep. Waters is a danger to our society.
The real danger with debt is what happens if lots of people decide, or are forced, to pay it off at the same time.
WikiLeaks presents a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States.
I want to continue to strengthen Harvard's fabulous collections in old printed material, but at the same time, I want to help Harvard move into the world of digitized information.