Saving the printed word…

I read this article today that falls in line with my most recent blog post The End of Books. 

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20110801/D9ORB5N82.html

This is the story of a man, Brewster Kahle who is archiving every book ever printed.  I guess this would be good if we all had to leave planet earth as many of the great science fiction stories have suggested. Or possibly a future Octavia Butler scenario via her great science fiction novel Dawn.