Alexandria Library Wants To Offer All Books In The World – Online

The ancient library at Alexandria claimed to own copies of all the books in the world. Now “the directors of the new Alexandria Library, which christened a steel and glass structure with 250,000 books in October, have joined forces with an American artist and software engineers in an ambitious effort to make virtually all of the world’s books available at a mouse click. Much as the ancient library nurtured Archimedes and Euclid, the new Web venture also hopes to connect scholars and students around the world.”