Technology & the Future of the Book
[Recorded: March 1, 2009] Digital technology has created unprecedented changes in the way we live and work today. To consider these transformations in American society and culture, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences organized a symposium on the Impact of Information Technology on Society in March 2009 In one session of this symposium, hosted at the Computer History Museum, a distinguished panel discussed “Information Technology and the Future of Books, Publishing, and Libraries.” The questions considered included: As publishing continues to move toward a digital model, what happens to libraries and their clients, researchers, and students? What forces are shaping the future of the printed book? What will be the future of book publishing? The panelists were: – Edward Feigenbaum, Kumagai Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus, Stanford University – John Warnock, Co-Chairman of the Board, Adobe Systems Inc. – John Hollar, President and CEO, Computer History Museum – Daniel J. Clancy, Engineering Director, Google Book Search Project – Michael A. Keller, University Librarian, Stanford University – Donald AB Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine The Computer History Museum thanks the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for making this video available.
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Pak Pak Pakaak – Full Length Marathi Movie.Featuring Nana Patekar, Saksham Kulkarni, Narayani Shastri.Pak Pak Pakaak (PPP) is a Marathi movie about a small naughty boy and a supposedly ghost living in a forest. The story is conceptualized by Sai Paranjpe and is very similar to her 2001 movie ‘Bhaago Bhoot’. The story is of a parent-less little boy, chiklu who plays pranks on everybody in the village. Her old grandmother is also fed up with his activities that she resorts to punish him now and then. The village is surrounded by a big forest which inhabits a ghost named as ?bhootya?. The villagers are afraid to venture into the forest alone in the fear that they will be harmed by bhootya. Bhootya is actually a herbal doctor living in isolation from the society. He has been wronged and his wife killed which makes him loose hope and trust in humanity.Chiklu while playing another prank on his teacher ventures into the jungle to find he facing Bhootya. After some confrontation, Chiklu and Bhootya accept each other. Bhootya teaches Chiklu to be good and Chiklu convinces him to come back to the society which he had shunned long back. Just as Chiklu changes, he understands the changing attitude of others toward him. He understands that earlier people who had cursed him were appreciative of his behavior.The journey of Chiklu from being a naughty brat to a nice well-mannered boy is what constitutes the rest of the movie.In spite of having a small boy as a central character, it …
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