[LINK] Google to digitise 250,000 British Library books

[Marghanita da Cruz]

I expect the NLA/Trove has plans to digitise its old books:
> Australia's collection is unrealised
> after their acquisition, only to be discovered
> decades later. This article concentrates on four
> such unexpected treasures: an ancient book [1162]
> from China, twin silk maps of the world, also
> in Chinese, an illustrated Korean text and an
> illuminated Persian manuscript.
<http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2011/jun11/unexpected-treasures-from-asia.pdf>

> Google to digitise 250,000 British Library books
> By IANS, Monday, 20 June 2011, 22:25 Hrs
> London: Internet giant Google will digitise 250,000 books from the British Library, said a joint statement from the two organisations.
> 
> In the statement, the British Library and Google said they will work in partnership to deliver the content free through Google Books and the library website. Full text search, download and reading options will be made available. 
...
> The project is going to cover a huge range of books, pamphlets and periodicals dated 1700 to 1870. This covers a period from the Industrial Revolution to the French Revolution, from the introduction of income tax in Britain and the invention of the telegraph and railway.
<http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Google_to_digitise_250000_British_Library_books-nid-84959.html>

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