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Ownership of Cultural Property
January 18, 2007
Bernard Margolis president, Boston Public Library
Richard Wendorf director, Boston Athenaeum
William Bulger former president, University of Massachusetts

This series examines a number of issues that have long confronted the library world, and which hold implications for libraries for the future. Each program features two distinguished speakers, one of whom offers a historical perspective on the issue as it affected libraries (such as the Boston Athenaeum) during the 19th century; the second speaker addresses the issue from a contemporary vantage point. A moderated discussion follows.

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Robert Darnton: The Case for Books
Robert Darnton
00:57:50
Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library, discusses the historical and cultural importance of the printed word.
Learning from the Past: Sustainable Life with Renewable Energy
Todd A. Burdick
00:58:35
Todd Burdick, education director at the Hancock Shaker Village, discusses how an organization can draw upon lessons from the past to present today’s visitors with options for a sustainable lifestyle.
Michael L. Rosen: What Else but Home
Michael L. Rosen
00:36:16
Writer Michael L. Rosen talks about his book, What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse. It's a story of one family's journey across the divide of race, class, and economic opportunity in America through love and baseball.
The Grand Picture Gallery at Bob Jones University
John Nolan
01:13:46
John Nolan, curator of the Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University, introduces the Grand Picture Gallery collection of over 400 Old Master paintings.
The Chemistry of Whale Sharks
Julia Kubanek
00:47:15
Julia Kubanek, from The Georgia Institute of Technology, discusses cutting edge technology used to explore the chemistry of whale shark blood samples from the Georgia Aquarium. Kubanek's research has been published in numerous scientific journals.
American Artists and the Louvre: Morse Gallery
Paul Staiti
02:12:05
Paul Staiti speaks about Samuel F.B. Morse in the context of other early nineteenth-century American artists who sought training in Paris, and Jean-Philippe Antoine presents on issues of imitation and reproduction vis-a-vis Morse's inventive painting.
Image of After Sir Joshua: Essays on British Art and Cultural History (Studies in British Art) (v. 15)
Author: Richard Wendorf
Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre BA (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 180 pages
Image of Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Painter in Society (Essays in Art and Culture)
Author: Richard Wendorf
Publisher: Harvard University Press (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 264 pages
Image of William Collins and Eighteenth-Century English Poetry (Minnesota Archive Editions)
Author: Richard Wendorf
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press (1981)
Binding: Paperback, 229 pages
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