This time I thought I would talk a bit
about digitisation being done by libraries, specifically the Bodleian.
Not exact matches
There there is another, much more important point to make
about all this: ebooks are a by - product of a much greater, more important enterprise: the
digitisation of paper literature.
I want
digitisation to succeed, but I've got some worries
about GBS, based on two main observations: Google Book Search isn't the same as Google Web Search, and Google, if not actually, intentionally lying, is certainly wilfully misleading publishers
about its intentions.
The first Lunch Bytes discussion in Dublin invites artists and experts who have worked with, and written
about, the medium of film / video to present and discuss their work in relation to traditional art historical disciplines and media, as well as the current
digitisation of artistic practice.
Re the former, here is part of a recent letter
about the high quality data set from the Head of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Dr Greg Ayres: Quote: «The data which underpin this network are being continuously improved and added to through the
digitisation of historic paper - based records and the collection of new observations.
These are transformative examples brought
about by decentralisation and
digitisation.
Adam Lennon, head of family modernisation and improvement at Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), recently spoke
about HMCTS's
digitisation of divorce to the Westminster Legal Policy Forum.
For now, companies are informing customers through call centres and through social media
about the benefits of
digitisation.