Material Memory, Episode Zero: Keeping Cultural Memory Alive: What Is at Stake?

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What does it take to keep recorded memory alive for use by future generations? What are the threats to our cultural record, and what is at stake if it’s lost? In the first episode of Material Memory, we explore these issues with Charles Henry, president of the Council on Library and Information Resources. We discuss ways to address threats to cultural memory, such as climate change and the vulnerability of digital information, and how to create egalitarian access to shared knowledge. This record contains the MP3 audio and transcript for “Keeping Cultural Memory Alive: What Is at Stake?,” an episode of Material Memory, a podcast of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).