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Publication What Good is an Old Book in the Age of Google?(2009-11-06) Traister, DanielIn the age of Google and Kindle, with millions of books just a few clicks away, why would a university maintain a rare book library? Dr. Daniel Traister, Curator for Research Services at Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Bibliographer for Literature in English, discusses rare books and manuscripts chosen from Penn's collection, one that runs from the ninth century up through the present. Discover what these books reveal that cannot be replicated on a computer screen - and why anyone might care.Publication What Good is an Old Map in the Age of Mapquest?(2011-05-13) Traister, DanielDr. Daniel Traister, Curator for Research Services at Penn’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and map collector Jack Sosiak explore what 16th- and 17th-century maps of European cities offer that Mapquest cannot. This lecture is presented for Alumni weekend in conjunction with the exhibition, Renaissance City Views from Above and Afar, on view from March-August, 2011. To download a podcast of this event, choose one of the additional files below. To view the event announcement and a description of the exhibition, select Download button at upper right.Publication What Good is an Old Book in the Age of Google?(2009-11-06) Traister, DanielIn the age of Google and Kindle, with millions of books just a few clicks away, why would a university maintain a rare book library? Join Dr. Daniel Traister, Curator for Research Services at Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Bibliographer for Literature in English, for a hands-on exploration of rare books and manuscripts chosen from Penn's collection, one that runs from the ninth century up through the present. Discover what these books reveal that cannot be replicated on a computer screen - and why anyone might care.