Keeping Up With Technology
Alan Dunn depicts the Library of Congress as a miniaturized temple of knowledge against the backdrop of the nation’s capitol. His witty commentary on the capacity of microfilm to compress the content of the Library’s collections in the 1960s did not accurately forecast the future. Even with today’s digital technologies and online access, the Library’s storage needs for books and multi-format resources has increased exponentially. One of more than 1,900 drawings that Dunn contributed to the New Yorker magazine, this example displays his crisp pen-and-ink technique and deft rendering of architecture.
Alan Dunn depicts the Library of Congress as a miniaturized temple of knowledge against the backdrop of the nation’s capitol. His witty commentary on the capacity of microfilm to compress the content of the Library’s collections in the 1960s did not accurately forecast the future. Even with today’s digital technologies and online access, the Library’s storage needs for books and multi-format resources has increased exponentially. One of more than 1,900 drawings that Dunn contributed to the <em>New Yorker</em> magazine, this example displays his crisp pen-and-ink technique and deft rendering of architecture.