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Ilan Stavans
Infinity according to Jorge Luis Borges
4:59
Elizabeth Cox
What really happened to the Library of Alexandria?
13:53
Dawn Wacek
A librarian's case against overdue book fines
12:01
Chera Kowalski
The critical role librarians play in the opioid crisis
13:30
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again
12:26
Michael Bierut
How to design a library that makes kids want to read
4:23
Chand John
What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf?
15:00
Amit Sood
Every piece of art you've ever wanted to see -- up close and searchable
16:33
Tasos Frantzolas
Everything you hear on film is a lie
12:07
Gregory Heyworth
How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts
12:03
Ann Morgan
My year reading a book from every country in the world
10:20
Frederic Kaplan
How to build an information time machine
6:16
Lisa Bu
How books can open your mind
14:53
William Noel
Revealing the lost codex of Archimedes
14:08
Jean-Baptiste Michel + Erez Lieberman Aiden
What we learned from 5 million books
7:09
Jay Walker
My library of human imagination
3:56
David Hoffman
What happens when you lose everything
20:06
Brewster Kahle
A free digital library
4:12
William Kamkwamba
How I built a windmill
19:08
Bernie Dunlap
The life-long learner
19:58
Joshua Prince-Ramus
Behind the design of Seattle's library
18:34
Richard Baraniuk
The birth of the open-source learning revolution
17:18
George Dyson
The birth of the computer
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