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Film, Video International Summit of the Book 1: Day One

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About this Item

Title

  • International Summit of the Book 1: Day One

Summary

  • The Library of Congress hosted the first International Summit of the Book and began what library leaders envision as an annual global meeting of minds to discuss and promote the book as a crucial format for conveying societies' scholarship and culture. Leaders in academia, libraries, culture and technology debated and discussed the powerful and crucial form of information transmittal: the book. Day One included remarks and presentations by Hon. John Larson, Hon. Jack Reed, James H. Billington, David M. Rubenstein, Robert Forrester, Ismail Serageldin, Elizabeth Eisenstein, Daniel DeSimone, Sarah Thomas, John Van Oudenaren, Caroline Brazier, Glòria Pérez-Salmerón, Ramón Mujica Pinilla, Anton Likhomanov, John Kgwale Tsebe, Emily E. Kadens and Mark Dimunation.

Names

  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-12-06.

Headings

  • -  Education
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Literature

Notes

  • -  Group name: 2012 International Book Summit.
  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2012-12-06.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689010

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Library Of Congress. International Summit of the Book 1: Day One. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-06, 2012. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021689010/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress. (2012) International Summit of the Book 1: Day One. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-06. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021689010/.

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Library Of Congress. International Summit of the Book 1: Day One. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-06, 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021689010/>.