Digitalisation - En Route to an Electronic Universal Library?

En Route to an Electronic Universal Library?

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There is one promise of the digital revolution that sounds particularly ambitious and seductive. The entire world’s knowledge is to be copied into a new storage medium, structured and made accessible to all human beings. How far have we gone in this direction and what dangers are lurking in the process? What effects does digitalisation have on books, libraries and publishing? Some insights and projects.
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