[Foundation-l] Bosnia's Top Cultural Institutions Shutting Down

Sat Jan 7 19:38:30 UTC 2012

2012/1/7 geni <geniice at gmail.com>:
>> We can't say we care about all human knowledge when we give priority to
>> cases depending on our birthplace.
>
> Yes and I'm British. The reality is that museums and libraries close
> all the time for various reasons. There isn't much we can do about it.
>
> The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina had 1.5
> million books when it was largely destroyed in 1992. The British
> Library has just under 14 million books and 150 million documents
> total. The library of congress is much the same. So as I said slightly
> different league,

That's an awful thing to say, but  so specific to representatives of
anglo-saxon culture (sic!).

Why don't you think of it this way: The National and University
Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina had X million books from Bosnian
authors. How many does the British Library has? I'm guessing much less
than X.

Strainu