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Race to preserve literary treasures

 May 2009 - In a 21st Century version of the age of discovery, teams of computer scientists, conservationists and scholars are racing to digitize crumbling literary treasures and capature endangered manuscripts in what is being called a second Renaissance according to Alexendra Alter writing for the Wallstreet Journal.  A cascade of groundbreaking discoveries in the past decade, unleashed by new technology has stoked the sense of urgency.  Read more