Digital library exceeds 1 million books


	Digital library exceeds 1 million books

skwirlinator

11-28-2007 1:14 PM

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11-28-2007 8:09 PM

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http://www.library.cmu.edu/

11-28-2007 8:10 PM

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http://www.netlibrary.com/

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                        PITTSBURGH - Nearly a decade ago, computer scientists at <SPAN id="lw_1196201369_0" class="yshortcuts">Carnegie Mellon University</SPAN> embarked on a project with an astonishingly lofty goal: Digitize the published works of humankind and make them freely available online.                        
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