Digitizing The Past And Present At The Library Of Congress

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Boing Boing has a fascinating article about the digitizing process at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., USA. Being the largest library in the world, it pioneers both preservation of the oldest artifacts and digitization of the most recent.

The library's preservation specialists at the Preservation Research and Testing Division in Washington, D.C., and the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Va., use the latest technology to study and scan ancient books, maps and other historical artifacts.