Microsoft to digitise British Library
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Microsoft has signed a deal with the British Library that will see it scan 25 million pages from the library's collection that will be made available on its MSN Book Search site next year.
Around 100,000 books from the British Library's 13 million book collection will be digitised.
The agreement comes as Microsoft's competitors, including Google and Yahoo are aggressively compiling online libraries of books amid copyright concerns. The titles to be scanned at the British Library are no longer under copyright restrictions.
Microsoft has signed a deal with the British Library that will see it scan 25 million pages from the library's collection that will be made available on its MSN Book Search site next year.
Around 100,000 books from the British Library's 13 million book collection will be digitised.
The agreement comes as Microsoft's competitors, including Google and Yahoo are aggressively compiling online libraries of books amid copyright concerns. The titles to be scanned at the British Library are no longer under copyright restrictions.
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