E-book Museum At the Library of Congress? (teleread.com)

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @05:42AM from the museum-of-future-obsolescence dept.

David Rothman writes: Back in 2003, Slashdot ran TeleRead's call for a brick-and-mortar international e-book museum at the Library of Congress. The proposed museum would focus on the devices and other technology rather than the content. It still isn't too late for such a project, and TeleRead is again advocating the idea. Content, too, actually would benefit -- considering that proprietary formats and DRM can imperil the future readability of e-books. Meanwhile, a small-scale e-book museum is about to open in Paris and is looking for donations. A worthy cause!

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Re:Dumb idea then. Dumb idea now. by UnknownSoldier · 2016-02-24 06:18 · Score: 4, Insightful

Exactly. Open Format = Investing in our Future for Everyone. Closed Format == Short Term Greed.
One of the reasons books have survived so long is because you don't need yet-another-stupid-obsolete-device to find them useful. Public Accessibility is the WHOLE point of a library.
Now if this was a "Tech History Museum" they might have a point ... but it's not.
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