If quality ocr'd documents were available through a well designed discovery platform underpinned by accurate and exact metadata Gandalf would have been able to bring up the doc on a phone from Hobbiton They'd have been in Rivendell before the Ringwraiths tied their laces

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So the moral of the story, kids: A well resourced, professionally staffed Library and Archive service will enrich your community and prevent an evil dark lord from establishing cruel dominion over all living things until the end of time (t-shirt from punks&chancers)