Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes


Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.


Citations

Boorstin, Daniel J. "Gresham's Law: Knowledge or Information?" The Republic of Letters: Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin on Books, Reading, and Libraries, 1975-1987. Library of Congress, 1989, p. 49.

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Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin
  • Born: October 1, 1914
  • Died: February 28, 2004
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Historian

Daniel Joseph Boorstin was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.