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Afterword
Pages 214-216

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From page 214...
... , but to encourage readers of this report to take a deep breath and to look out to the horizon. The Library of Congress would not exist and would not hold so large a place in the imaginative life of our culture unless it embodied powerful ideas.
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From page 215...
... The committee would suggest the following priorities: · First, information technology can, should, and must be taken as a strategic asset of the Library as a whole and managed strategically from the very top. The committee's recommendation that an additional deputy librarian be appointed speaks directly to this urgent, indeed desperate, need.
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From page 216...
... In the end, then, the committee entrusts to its colleagues at LC its profound sense that the challenges they face can be, should be, and indeed are exhilarating ones. To have responsibility for a great library in this time of dramatic change and opportunity carries both great risk and great opportunity.
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