Stacks of Old Books

The following is a glorious image, from The Big Picture, of stacks of dilapidated books in Lyon, France that are destined to be digitized. This provides an impressive contrasting juxtaposition to the release of the iPad, given in the previous post.

From The Big Picture:

An employee shelves books in the old books collection area at the Municipal Library of Lyon, France on January 15, 2010. The government of France is currently undertaking a 750 million euro ($1 billion) project to digitize its libraries and museums. (REUTERS/Robert Pratta)

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~ by metousiosis on January 27, 2010.

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