Internet archivist seeks 1 of every book written

July 31, 2011 by  

In this July 21, 2011 photo, Brewster Kahle, digital librarian for the Internet Archive, demonstrates the zoom function while scanning a book on a touch screen at the Internet Archive's Physical Archive warehouse in Richmond, Calif. Saving a copy of every Web page ever posted sounds like an ambitious life's work, but Khale has decided digital isn't enough. The founder of the Internet Archive wants to expand his effort to provide 'universal access to all knowledge' by preserving a physical copy of every book ever written. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP – Tucked away in a small warehouse on a dead-end street, an Internet pioneer is building a bunker to protect an endangered species: the printed word.


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