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Published: December 2, 2007
Digital library exceeds goal of 1M books
University project aims to spread man's early knowledge
University project aims to spread man's early knowledge
PITTSBURGH — Nearly a decade ago, computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University embarked on a project with an astonishingly lofty goal: Digitize the published works of humankind and make them freely available online.
The architects of the project said Tuesday they have surpassed their latest target, having scanned more than 1.5 million books — many of them in Chinese — and are continuing to scan thousands...
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