1000 Books

The Memory of Mankind Archive is located deep in the world´s oldest salt mine in Hallstatt. The salt deposit in Hallstatt originated about 240 million years ago from salt from the ancient Tethys ocean. The MOM archive is thus, in a figurative sense, a message in a bottle in the ocean of time.

With your help MOM will be selecting the 1,000 most important books of our time, preserving them on ceramic microfilm tablets with the objective of keeping them stored for the far future, even a million years or more! Just as your bookshelf reflects your interests and preferences, the selection of this 1000 books will say a lot about us and our time. – “Show me your books and I’ll tell you who you are.”

FAQ
Q   I want to nominate a book series (for example, The Foundation by Asimov). Do I need to send several submissions?
A   No – in case it is commonly known which single books are included in a e.g. trilogy.

Q   Do I have to submit the book-title in the language the book was originally written in?
A   No, but in case you know it, you can type it in brackets (original title).

Q   I like an author but cannot decide upon a particular title. Can I send a kind of “general nomination”?
A   No, we ask you to be specific, this helps us in processing the submissions.

Q   Do I have to use a specific language in the “Why you choose this book”-box?
A   No, you can use any language. We will post some of these explanations on our MOM facebook site, which is mostly in english. If you want to participate in a public discussion, you should use english, but it is not mandatory.