Knowledge from a Million Books and Palm Leaves

St. Clair relates the Million Book Project, whose vision is to scan a million books using funding for equipment and travel from the US National Science Foundation under Grant No 0204865 and funding for labor from India. The scope of the project will force an exploration of many assumptions and will...

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Published in:Portal (Baltimore, Md.) Md.), 2003-07, Vol.3 (3), p.vii-ix
Main Author: St. Clair, Gloriana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Libraries
Electronic Libraries
Internet
Kalam, Abdul
Librarians
Libraries
Library collections
Library Personnel
Library Services
Physicians
Presidents
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Summary:St. Clair relates the Million Book Project, whose vision is to scan a million books using funding for equipment and travel from the US National Science Foundation under Grant No 0204865 and funding for labor from India. The scope of the project will force an exploration of many assumptions and will press its participants to reach new solutions in such areas as public good/private gain and information technology/library cultures.
ISSN:1531-2542
1530-7131
1530-7131
DOI:10.1353/pla.2003.0067