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In short. Episode 150, Scanning books / [produced by Switch International].

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Switch International, production company.
Series:
Academic Video Online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Library materials--Digitization.
Library materials.
Library materials--Conservation and restoration.
Electronic books.
Books.
Genre:
Short films.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (3 minutes)
Place of Publication:
Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 2011.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
video file
Summary:
Episode 150 - Scanning Books: At the heart of the historic Belgian city of Ghent is the city's university. Ghent University's library has a collection in excess of a million books in French, Flemish, German and English. Since 2007 the library has been working with search engine company Google to digitally capture 300,000 books from the collection and make them freely available online.
Notes:
Title from resource description page (viewed May 10, 2019).
"A lesson on almost everything".
OCLC:
1104051882

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