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nekokami · 10-01-2007, 12:59 PM

More than 100,000 old books previously unavailable to the public will go online thanks to a mass digitization program at the British Library.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7018210.stm

Interesting quote: "What we can read now is predetermined by a long tradition of what has been considered great literature.... By digitising the whole collection, we give access to the books without the filter of later judgments, whether based on taste or on the economics of printing and publishing."

10-01-2007, 12:59 PM	#1
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	British Library books go digital More than 100,000 old books previously unavailable to the public will go online thanks to a mass digitization program at the British Library. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7018210.stm Interesting quote: "What we can read now is predetermined by a long tradition of what has been considered great literature.... By digitising the whole collection, we give access to the books without the filter of later judgments, whether based on taste or on the economics of printing and publishing."