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Film, Video 2024 National Book Festival: If It's Not Science Fiction, What Does Science Have to Do with Books?

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Title

  • 2024 National Book Festival: If It's Not Science Fiction, What Does Science Have to Do with Books?

Summary

  • Books build us up through the words on their pages, but what about the pages themselves? Learn about the Library of Congress Preservation Research and Testing Division's Mellon-funded project: "Assessing the Physical Condition of the National Collection" (ANC). This study analyzed 500 "identical" books from research libraries across various U.S. regions, spanning 1840-1940. Specialists will connect the surprising discoveries to real-world historical shifts.

Event Date

  • August 24, 2024

Running Time

  • 14 minutes 54 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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National Book Festival: If It's Not Science Fiction, What Does Science Have to Do with Books?. 2024. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11481/.

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(2024) National Book Festival: If It's Not Science Fiction, What Does Science Have to Do with Books?. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11481/.

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National Book Festival: If It's Not Science Fiction, What Does Science Have to Do with Books?. 2024. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11481/>.