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Alexander Turcic · 10-18-2006, 05:10 AM

The Financial Times reports that Microsoft has joined Cornell University in their efforts to digitize the school's scholarly collections. Starting early next year, the books will become gradually available to the general public through Live Book Search with access restrictions to copyright-protected books.

Microsoft will use the book scanning technology from Kirtas Technology. Kirtas' APT Bookscan 2400 is a $100,000+ automatic book scanner which zips along at 2,400 pages per hour. Best of all, its automatic page turning process SureTurn is reportedly gentler than a human hand.

And for those who wonder... the name Kirtas is an anagram for "at risk", implying the risk of cultural heritage because of paper deterioration.

10-18-2006, 05:10 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Microsoft joins Cornell U in mass book-scanning project The Financial Times reports that Microsoft has joined Cornell University in their efforts to digitize the school's scholarly collections. Starting early next year, the books will become gradually available to the general public through Live Book Search with access restrictions to copyright-protected books. Microsoft will use the book scanning technology from Kirtas Technology. Kirtas' APT Bookscan 2400 is a $100,000+ automatic book scanner which zips along at 2,400 pages per hour. Best of all, its automatic page turning process SureTurn is reportedly gentler than a human hand. And for those who wonder... the name Kirtas is an anagram for "at risk", implying the risk of cultural heritage because of paper deterioration.