I'm struggling to see *why* people are arguing over whose cultural
institution is larger/more important than the other's.
Surely the point, as Yaroslav suggests, is to see how the WMF might be able
to get involved ?
Alex
2012/1/7 Strainu <strainu10(a)gmail.com>
2012/1/7 geni <geniice(a)gmail.com>om>:
We
can't say we care about all human knowledge when we give priority to
cases depending on our birthplace.
Yes and I'm British. The reality is that museums and libraries close
all the time for various reasons. There isn't much we can do about it.
The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina had 1.5
million books when it was largely destroyed in 1992. The British
Library has just under 14 million books and 150 million documents
total. The library of congress is much the same. So as I said slightly
different league,
That's an awful thing to say, but so specific to representatives of
anglo-saxon culture (sic!).
Why don't you think of it this way: The National and University
Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina had X million books from Bosnian
authors. How many does the British Library has? I'm guessing much less
than X.
Strainu
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