Free Speec… Editing (section) Internet Archive 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Texts collection</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The texts collection includes digitized books from various libraries around the world as well as many special collections. As of May 2008, the Internet Archive operated 13 scanning centers in great libraries, digitizing about 1000 books a day, financially supported by libraries and foundations.<span data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.archive.org%5C%2Fiathreads%5C%2Fpost-view.php%3Fid%3D194217%20%5C%22Books%20Scanning%20to%20be%20Publicly%20Funded%5C%22%5D%2C%20announcement%20by%20Brewster%20Khale%2C%20%5B%5BMay%2023%5D%5D%2C%20%5B%5B2008%5D%5D.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%227973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ2a86afca3a4b5a86-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%227973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ2a86afca3a4b5a86-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%226%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%227%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Between about 2006 and 2008 Microsoft Corporation had a special relationship with Internet Archive texts through its <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Live%20Search%20Books%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Live%20Search%20Books%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLive%20Search%20Books%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" class="new" title="Live Search Books (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGl2ZV9TZWFyY2hfQm9va3M/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Live Search Books</a> project, scanning over 300,000 books which were contributed to the collection, as well as financial support and scanning equipment. On <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22May%2023%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22May%2023%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMay%2023%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" class="new" title="May 23 (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWF5XzIzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">May 23</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222008%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222008%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2008%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" class="new" title="2008 (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMjAwOD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">2008</a> Microsoft announced it would be ending the Live Book Search project and no longer scanning books.<span data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3Dmsdown%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fblogs.msdn.com%5C%2Flivesearch%5C%2Farchive%5C%2F2008%5C%2F05%5C%2F23%5C%2Fbook-search-winding-down.aspx%20%5C%22Book%20search%20winding%20down%5C%22%5D%2C%20Live%20Search%20Blog.%20Official%20announcement%20from%20Microsoft.%20Last%20accessed%20%5B%5BMay%2023%5D%5D%2C%20%5B%5B2008%5D%5D.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-msdown_1-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-msdown_1-0 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" href="#cite_note-msdown-1"><span data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Microsoft will be making its scanned books available without contractual restriction and making the scanning equipment available to its digitization partners and libraries to continue digitization programs.<span data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3Dmsdown%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-msdown_1-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-msdown_1-1 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" href="#cite_note-msdown-1"><span data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="7973-6785984195f698e8e5ff39" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key 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