At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book. We never destroy a book by cutting off its binding. Instead, we digitize it the hard way--one page at a time. We use the Scribe, a machine our engineers invented, along with the software that it runs. Our scanning centers are located in universities and libraries around the world, from Boston Public Library to the University of Toronto. Eliza is one of our fastest and most accurate scanners. Next she will execute quality control checks and

📖 Just about every day, somewhere in the world an Internet Archive staffer such as Eliza is digitizing a book. We scan about 3000 books a day. This year we digitized our 6 millionth book. You can borrow these books for free, from anywhere in the world. Won't you chip in to support our nonprofit library? https://archive.org/donate/?origin=fb-eoy2021 | Internet Archive

Come and see our rare book collection 📜 Did you know we have around 250,000 rare books spanning the 14th and 21st centuries, and anyone can request to view them in our Archives and Special Collections? Learn more about the collection here → unimelb.me/3VdILfl Details of the books shown in this video: 1. The banksias, Celia E. Rosser and Alexander S. George, London: Academic Press, 1988, Rare Books Collection, University of Melbourne 2. La divina commedia, Dante Alighieri, Florence, 1883, Rare B