2001

2001 is identified in the book’s closing notice as the year the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure and permanent future for Project Gutenberg and future generations. The date therefore marks an institutional step in preserving the collection’s continuing availability, rather than an event in the stories of Dubliners.

The Foundation’s Creation

The notice places the Foundation’s creation in 2001, after describing the goal of ensuring that the Project Gutenberg collection remains freely available for generations to come. The year gives a specific point in time to that effort: an organization was created to help secure the collection’s future.

Preservation and Public Access

The stated purpose of the new Foundation was to provide a secure and permanent future for Project Gutenberg and future generations. In context, preservation and access are joined: the notice presents continuity not simply as keeping a collection in existence, but as sustaining its availability to readers over time. The date thus belongs to the publication’s account of its own institutional history, distinct from the late nineteenth-century Dublin settings of the stories.