Digital memory and the future of communication: interview with Robert Darnton

Authors

  • Aline Strelow

Keywords:

History of Communication. Digitization projects. Digital memory.

Abstract

Robert Darnton is director of the Harvard University Library and international reference in the history of Communication and cultural history. Leads currently the Digital Public Library of America, digital library launched in April 2013, bringing together collections of libraries, archives and museums. Author of dozens of books, in this interview, he talks about the development of the DPLA, the challenges faced by digitization projects, about the future of books, journalism and research on history of communication before the new technologies. The interview was conducted in October 2012, in his office at Harvard University.

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Author Biography

Aline Strelow

Doutora em Comunicação e Práticas Sócio-Políticas pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul – PUCRS

Professora Adjunta da Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – FABICO/UFRGS

 

Published

2013-07-25

How to Cite

STRELOW, Aline. Digital memory and the future of communication: interview with Robert Darnton. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 19, n. 1, p. 9–20, 2013. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/39401. Acesso em: 11 aug. 2025.

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Interview

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