National Diet Library Newsletter
No. 169, October 2009
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Lectures by leading figures
Two lectures were held by the National Diet Library (NDL), inviting speakers who are leaders in the library world as well as major intellectuals.
Dr. Jean-Noël Jeanneney, former President of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, gave a lecture titled "Internet et la culture: une chance ou un péril?" (The Internet and culture: opportunity or danger?) on September 15 (Tue.) at the Tokyo Main Library and September 17 (Thu.) at the Kansai-kan, with emphasis on the importance of cultural diversity.
On October 2 (Fri.), Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), gave a lecture under the title of "From Papyrus to PDF: The Rebirth of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina," covering the ancient Library of Alexandria to the current activities of the BA, which was established in 2002 as the successor to the ancient library.
Each speaker had an open discussion with Dr. Makoto Nagao, Librarian of the NDL, after the lecture.
The summaries of both lectures will be reported in the NDL Newsletter.
Lecture by Dr. Jeanneney on September 15, 2009 at the Tokyo Main Library
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