The older bits of the world’s accumulated knowledge, bound together in volumes of printed books and magazines, are slowly disappearing. Out-of-print renditions often disappear forever. Libraries with limited shelf space often replace seldom-used titles with newer tomes. A far smaller portion of printed matter makes it to page-scanning processes for preservation in digital form. In the race to build a universal digital library, many important books and documents are being left behind.
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The Digital Book Drive's Left-Behinds
Posted by: Jack M. Germain April 22, 2009 04:00 AMThe older bits of the world’s accumulated knowledge, bound together in volumes of printed books and magazines, are slowly disappearing. Out-of-print renditions often disappear forever. Libraries with limited shelf space often replace seldom-used titles with newer tomes. A far smaller portion of printed matter makes it to page-scanning processes for preservation in digital form. In the race to build a universal digital library, many important books and documents are being left behind.