Old Books and E-Books

USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute Distinguished Lecture Series
USC Libraries, USC Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 : 4:00pm

University Park Campus
Doheny Memorial Library
Friends of USC Libraries Lecture Hall

Free


Robert Darnton, University Professor and director of the Harvard University Library, considers the importance of books in the electronic age.

Darnton’s own books include The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future (2010), The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Prerevolutionary France (1995) and The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History (1984).