Physical, public space and physical books will continue to be vital to a library whose research collection, amassed over more than a century, is a cultural treasure.
Over the last decade or more, a minor revolution in animal behaviour research has amassed similar evidence for consistent, individual behaviour differences within a large number of species.
In the 1950s the Austrian-born actor Joseph Schildkraut played Anne Frank's father, Otto, on screen, and he amassed research files of Frank family letters dating to the 1930s.
Aided by several research assistants, she amassed computerized records on more than 100,000 slaves -- the largest collection of individual slave information ever assembled -- and in March the Louisiana State University Press published the documents as a searchable database on a CD-ROM.
There has been the need of amassed research evidence of a number of these cases.
The Vector Institute is a dedicated AI research facility, and will use its amassed resources to fund research by postgraduate researchers working on projects in the field.
Was this former Philip Morris research scientist, who had amassed a priceless collection of African and contemporary art, in fact a Polish aristocrat?
In the course of researching a novel, I amassed a collection of travel guides to New York, written between 1977 and 1991.
"Maurice Tuchman is a standout figure in the recent history of modern art in Los Angeles and beyond, and his influence is unquestionably evident to this day," said Thomas W. Gaehtgens, director of the Getty Research Institute, which has amassed records and research related to American postwar art, particularly the Los Angeles art scene in the late 20th century.
That could call into question the scientific evidence that the community research program amasses.
