@article{1356141,
      recid = {1356141},
      author = {Samuel, Julian.},
      title = {Save and burn [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (81 min.).},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Save and Burn builds from The Library in Crisis by  deepening an understanding of the history of civilization  through the phenomenon of the library. From ancient China,  India, Islam, and the Graeco Roman world, we see how the  library radiated knowledge and spiritual values, and  facilitated the cross fertilization of ideas from one  culture to another. Save and Burn puts the institution of  the library within a startling political context. Generally  considered a preserver of culture, the documentary points  out how libraries are subject to the ideologies of their  time and place, and not above them, as may have been  assumed. The film assays the commercialization of  libraries, the irresponsible weeding and closing of  libraries, the excesses of copyright law, but most of all,  the fact that the West has not recognized the Orient for  much of its cultural heritage. The film is packed with  provocative ideas. Historically, libraries have been used  to promote or inhibit democratic debate, with a nod to the  Patriot Act. The filmmaker combines exquisite footage of  the Alexandrian Library, the Library of Trinity College,  Dublin, and Bromley House in Nottingham. Interviews include  Tom Twiss, Government Information Librarian, University of  Pittsburgh, who describes the destruction of Palestinian  libraries by Israeli soldiers, as well as the fate of Iraqi  libraries during the "liberation.".},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356141},
}