03005cam a2200433 4500 522783143 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781705273678 170527367X 0e993572-5113-47d3-8d57-5e75ec852703 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5713898 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ovenden, Richard. Burning the Books [Libby] : A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge. Tantor Media, Inc., 2020. Book. of. archives. and. Libraries. burning. History. Censorship. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 270MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 270MB. History. Literary Criticism. Politics. Nonfiction. In Burning the Books, Richard Ovenden describes the deliberate destruction of knowledge held in libraries and archives from ancient Alexandria to contemporary Sarajevo, from smashed Assyrian tablets in Iraq to the destroyed immigration documents of the UK Windrush generation. He examines both the motivations for these acts and the broader themes that shape this history. He also looks at attempts to prevent and mitigate attacks on knowledge, exploring the efforts of librarians and archivists to preserve information, often risking their own lives in the process. More than simply repositories for knowledge, libraries and archives inspire and inform citizens. In preserving notions of statehood recorded in such historical documents as the Declaration of Independence, libraries support the state itself. By preserving records of citizenship and records of the rights of citizens as enshrined in legal documents such as the Magna Carta and the decisions of the US Supreme Court, they support the rule of law. In this book, Ovenden takes a polemical stance on the social and political importance of the conservation and protection of knowledge, challenging governments in particular, but also society as a whole, to improve public policy and funding for these essential institutions. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. Slater, Simon. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/5713898-BurningTheBooks.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0e993572-5113-47d3-8d57-5e75ec852703&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/5713898-BurningTheBooks.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0e993572-5113-47d3-8d57-5e75ec852703&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)