Quote by Barbara Fister

“If we give up on having library collections (digital or otherwise) and outsource access to and preservation of knowledge to corporations, we will have neither access nor preservation.” quote by Barbara Fister — Download Open image

““If we give up on having library collections (digital or otherwise) and outsource access to and preservation of knowledge to corporations, we will have neither access nor preservation.””

Barbara Fister

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