By John Sutherland: Raiders of the lost archives: "Modern techniques make one feel like Jabba the Hutt"

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Raiders of the lost archives

by John Sutherland

28 June 2012

"In the age of digitisation, the 'search' part of research has become a virtual experience. Although progress has many advantages, John Sutherland laments the end of the scholar-adventurer and the thrill of discovery amid dusty, uncatalogued manuscripts"

[Sarah] "Churchwell is the scholarly equivalent of an electric storm. Ten minutes with her is a Christopher Walken hair-job."

"Where's the drama in "calling up" things, never having to move a yard from the keyboard? There was something genuinely exciting - the thrill of the hunt. Modern techniques make one feel like Jabba the Hutt. Let the fingers do the research."