People sometimes announce that we have entered 'the information age' as if information did not exist in other times. I think that every age was an age of information, each in its own way and according to the available media. Robert Darnton ageannounceenter share on social
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 centereffectelect Change image and share on social
As president of the American Historical Association, I started a programme to make dissertations into e-books in 1999. Before I knew it, I was involved in other electronic projects. Harvard invited me to become director of the libraries in 2007. Robert Darnton americanassociationbook share on social
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 collectioncontinuedigitize Change image and share on social
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 18th21stcentury Change image and share on social
While confronting the problems of the present, I often find myself thinking back to the world of books as it was experienced by the Founding Fathers and the philosophers of the Enlightenment. Robert Darnton backbookconfront Change image and share on social
When you tell people you're in history, they give you this pained expression because that was the course they hated in high school. But history can be exciting, intellectually rigorous, and fun. Robert Darnton excitexpressionfun Change image and share on social
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 airdangerdigital Change image and share on social
We need librarians who can handle this tremendous jumble of information that is in cyberspace. Robert Darnton cyberspacehandleinformation Change image and share on social
As a graduate student at Oxford in 1963, I began writing about books in revolutionary France, helping to found the discipline of book history. I was in my academic corner writing about Enlightenment ideals when the Internet exploded the world of academic communication in the 1990s. Robert Darnton 1990sacademicbegin share on social
