The Librarian of Babel: The key to the stacks

The Librarian of Babel: The key to the stacks.


The Librarian, ably assisted by Mike Holderness, considers one of the obstacles to the unhindered dissemination of human knowledge, and makes a modest proposal. This article appears in the Web, and not the print, version of Ariadne.

\”As Librarian, I am proud to announce the Library\’s new Mission Statement:


To make accessible to all the totality of human knowledge.\”