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Universal library

A universal library is a library with universal collections. This may be expressed in terms of it containing all existing information, useful information, all books, all works (regardless of format) or even all possible works. This ideal, although unrealizable, has influenced and continues to influence librarians and others and be a goal which is aspired…

History, Modern times & Fiction

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Universal library

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples60
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Universal library

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related to Modern times · 28
Universal library → Along Came Google, Carnegie-Mellon's Universal, Corporations, Deanna Marcum, Europe's, Examples, HathiTrust, History, However, Internet, JSTOR, Librarians, Library Digitization, Many, Open Content Alliance, Project Gutenberg, Roger, Schonfeld, Similarly, Some
related to Fiction · 19
Universal library → Babel, Borges's, Federation's, In Discworld, Internet, It, Kurd Lasswitz's, L-space, Memory Alpha, Science, Star Trek, Such, Terry Pratchett's, The Library, The Lights, The Total Library, The Universal Library, This, Zetar
related to history · 6
Universal library → Alexandria, As, Conrad Gessner's Bibliotheca, It, The, The Library
is a · 1
Universal library → library with universal collections

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library universal digital books libraries book may works complete current digitization open information possible ideal although formats useful lost history

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Universal libraryis alibrary with universal collections0.90text
Project Gutenberginstance ofExamples include digitization projects0.80text
Carnegie-Mellon's Universal libraryinstance ofExamples include digitization projects0.80text
digital libraries which are using book scanning to collect public domain worksinstance ofExamples include digitization projects0.80text
JSTORinstance ofThis can be seen in digital libraries0.80text
HathiTrustinstance ofThis can be seen in digital libraries0.80text
and the Open Content Alliance.The book also calls into question the international legitimacy of a digitization project undertaken by the United Statesinstance ofThis can be seen in digital libraries0.80text
Universal libraryrelated to FictionScience0.60section
Universal libraryrelated to FictionThis0.60section
Universal libraryrelated to FictionKurd Lasswitz's0.60section
Universal libraryrelated to FictionThe Universal Library0.60section
Universal libraryrelated to FictionBorges's0.60section

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