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Tuesday, 12th January 2010

Bibliotheca Alexandria: Egyptian library merges modern technology with ancient relics

From the Article (Includes Pictures):

Standing in the library's main reading room -- the largest in the world, covering 70,000 square meters over eleven cascading levels -- [director of the library, Ismail] Serageldin emphasizes the symbolic connection between the design of the library and its purpose as an institute of learning.

"This is an incredible space," he told CNN. "It is a space where the unity of knowledge is reflected in the cascading levels of the library, in the soaring columns, in the gentle natural light that comes in ... in the intermingling of the art and the science exhibits."

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While Alexandria's past continues to be important, Serageldin is aware that he must also be at the cutting edge of the Library's digital future.

"The ancient library tried to have all the written books in the world," he explained. "Well, we have the digital memory of humanity by maintaining a complete copy of the Internet archive. And sooner or later other books will migrate to digital form." The Internet archive is stored copies of Web pages , taken at various points in timeWhile Alexandria's past continues to be important, Serageldin is aware that he must also be at the cutting edge of the Library's digital future.

"The ancient library tried to have all the written books in the world," he explained. "Well, we have the digital memory of humanity by maintaining a complete copy of the Internet archive. And sooner or later other books will migrate to digital form." The Internet archive is stored copies of Web pages, taken at various points in time.

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