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Oxford's Bodleian Libraries and the Vatican's Biblioteca Apostolica plan to digitise 1.5 million ancient texts to make them available online.
"The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten of Barnes, said: 'We are very grateful to Dr Polonsky for his insight into the importance of widening access to the fundamental texts which have had a major impact on the development of civilisation. "By making these collections available online we give the wider public access to a small, but significant part of the world's heritage.'" Delete the scoop?
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Truly inspiring concept and use of space for the community in a library!