this has been available for a few months now,
but hasn't gotten the attention that it deserves...
in conjunction with the boston public library,
the open library -- or is it the internet archive?,
or is it the open content alliance?, i can never tell
-- is now offering a "scan on demand" service...
if a public-domain book in the boston pubic library
hasn't yet been scanned, you can bump its priority
up to the top of the list by requesting it be scanned.
within "3-5 days", it'll be scanned and placed online,
with all the various formats, which includes the o.c.r.
This is a nice feature, but 3-5 is a bit optimistic.
I order a few books and the delay is more in the order of 2 weeks.
what a wonderful present, eh?
"check it out" (so to speak):
-bowerbird
Regards,
Yann
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