Digitisation of library books

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Miquel Térmens Graells
Various projects for mass digitisation of library books are described: Google Print Library, Open Content Alliance, Open Library, Universal Library and other. The objectives of this type of project are analysed, as well as their technological and organisational aspects. Finally, there is a discussion of the  implications of these new services for those already offered by libraries and  for the libraries’ societal role.
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digitisation projects, virtual libraries, books, Google Print Library, Open Content Alliance, Open Library, Universal Library, European Digital Library, Project Gutenberg, World Digital Library, Amazon, European Library, British Library

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Térmens Graells, Miquel. “Digitisation of library books”. Item: revista de biblioteconomia i documentació, no. 41, pp. 7-26, https://raco.cat/index.php/Item/article/view/40864.