Alongside a cognitive challenge of “too much to know,” information overload poses a physical challenge of “too much to store.” Indeed, the possibilities of “big data” today are predicated on technologies that compress data into ever “smaller” sizes. On the one hand, major libraries such as the NYPL, coping with spatial shortage, have increasingly emphasized the provision of digital resources – shifting physical collections off site, and in the process sparking heated debates with researchers. On the other hand, the possibilities of digital...
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Race, Representation, and Museums Lecture Series
Christopher Dean, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, Division of Biosciences and Professorial Research Associate, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London
In 1912, British paleontologist Arthur Smith Woodward and amateur antiquarian...
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Race, Representation, and Museums Lecture Series
Lee D. Baker, Dean of Academic Affairs for Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Mrs. A. Hehmeyer Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University
Frederic Ward Putnam, one of the Peabody Museum’s...