he is the head of school at phill phill phill phillips academy and the board of directors at the digital library. his latest book, "bibliotech" argues for the necessity of finding and using the reservoir of online systems and the adaptive roles of libraries teaching this skill. it is said he challenges us to keep the library relevant as an information resource, archive, community gathering and a cornerstone of democracy for informed citizenry. please join me in welcoming me john palfrey to the free library of philadelphia. >> jennifer, thank you so much for your kind introduction and thank you andy and all of these who welcomed me to the free library of philadelphia. i could not be happier to be here to talk about this book. the amazing history philadelphia has from the library with ben franklin, a bostonian by birth and his role of shaping the libraries in this country and right here. i think we are at a historic moment when it comes to information, knowledge, and libraries. and i think this spans across education, journalism, and libraries. i think they in an interesting way connected

he is the head of school at phill phill phill phillips academy and the board of directors at the digital library. his latest book, "bibliotech" argues for the necessity of finding and using the reservoir of online systems and the adaptive roles of libraries teaching this skill. it is said he challenges us to keep the library relevant as an information resource, archive, community gathering and a cornerstone of democracy for informed citizenry. please join me in welcoming me john palfrey to the free library of philadelphia. >> jennifer, thank you so much for your kind introduction and thank you andy and all of these who welcomed me to the free library of philadelphia. i could not be happier to be here to talk about this book. the amazing history philadelphia has from the library with ben franklin, a bostonian by birth and his role of shaping the libraries in this country and right here. i think we are at a historic moment when it comes to information, knowledge, and libraries. and i think this spans across education, journalism, and libraries. i think they in an interesting way connected