One year ago, a group of professors, librarians, and futurists gathered in San Francisco to discuss how they would go about building a Digital Public Library of America. There were still many ...

(RFE/RL) -- The UN's cultural agency, UNESCO, the U.S. Library of Congress, and other partner institutions are launching a World Digital Library on April 21 -- a website featuring cultural materials ...

“We are in serious trouble. The world is producing so much born-digital material. How do we capture it? What is the role of the library in this?” ALA president-elect James G. “Jim” Neal opened his ...

It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious ...

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