Author: Robert Darnton

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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

I was very fortunate to be elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard, which is, in effect, a small research center where you are given three years to do whatever work you want.

I was very fortunate to be elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard, which is, in effect, a small research center where you are given three years to do whatever work you want.

- Robert Darnton

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.

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.

- Robert Darnton

I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought.

I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought.

- Robert Darnton

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.

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.

- Robert Darnton

The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet.

The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet.

- Robert Darnton

My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.

My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.

- Robert Darnton

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

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

- Robert Darnton

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