Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Saving the books of the world

I just found an interesting article about Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive which aims to preserve every web page ever made. Apparently Kahle has now set his eyes on preserving books as well. So far he has manged to gather over 500, 000 books.

For the full article click here.
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  1. catherine fraserAugust 22, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    I liked the article. It was interesting to find out that google had started such a massive collection as well. I'l have to go back and read more on this site

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  2. onieaSeptember 21, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    I agree - thanks, Tom.

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  3. KerrySeptember 27, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    I guess if Kahle has the time, energy and capital why not.

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