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Mr Joel Kotkin

Joel Kotkin considers the critical role of libraries in economic success, from ancient times to the 21st century. He then looks at the opportunities provided by new technologies to disseminate information to those who are in danger of being 'left behind'.

	Format	Length
Listen to part 1 [~5.5MB]	mp3	15m 56s
Listen to part 2 [~5MB]	mp3	14m 25s
Listen to part 3 [~6.5MB]	mp3	18m 46s

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