SOAS Library, a jewel amongst libraries Our civilisation is truly up the creek if we think the idea of the library is now an impossible dream and that access to books and information for all is unrealistic. That's a sign of a decaying civilisation. A sign that the vultures are now in completely in charge, the predators and the psychopaths. We need public libraries, online libraries, free access to information for all. The current state of the web does not give us this. There are few monetary incentives to set up proper online public libraries. None whatsoever, in fact. And yet good libraries are a mark of all civilisations. Of course in Britain we assume, for the moment, the right to go to a public library or university library and they form part of a network of libraries and you will find almost any material you need there, much of it out of print. In order to write an essay, for example, you might need to consult many books and periodic
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