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There's one in Alexandria, I believe. I agree that there should be more.
by skyyler 2y ago
There's one in Alexandria, I believe.
I agree that there should be more.
- outside1234 2y agoAlexandria Egypt? Or is this a joke comment?
- yawndex 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
- outside1234 2y agoYes, so assuming this was a historical reference, and that some sort of digital equivalent has not been formed there. :)
- jazzyjackson 2y agoBibliotheca Alexandria installed a mirror of the Internet Archive in 2007, it's unclear from a brief googling if the relationship was sustained https://www.bibalex.org/en/News/Details?DocumentID=1550&Keywords https://www.bibalex.org/en/News/Details?DocumentID=1550&Keyw...
- mburns 2y agoiirc, Library of Alexandria's collection grew from making copies of books brought into port by sailors. So, there are definitely some loose historical parallels to draw.
- Kim_Bruning 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina Direct link for the New Library of Alexandria.
- skyyler 2y agoYes, Alexandria Egypt. No, this is not a joke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive#/media/File:Internet_Archive_-_Bibliotheca_Alexandrina.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive#/media/File:I... It is kind of funny that they chose to put it there, given the history of the super famous library in the ancient city.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoBrewster is always referencing the old library of Alexandria as an inspiration when he gives tours of the archive, it's certainly no coincidence What's funny is their San Francisco headquarters was chosen because they saw a building go up for sale that looked vaguely like their logo :)
- skyyler 2y agoThat's very cute. Working with the IA sounds like a lot of fun.