Digitisation Processes

This lecture explores the challenges and processes involved in document digitisation, covering topics such as the logistics of digitisation, the Google Books project, the digitisation of millions of books, copyright issues, the history of Google Books, and the evolution of the project over the years. It delves into the complexities of converting physical documents into digital images, the importance of linguistic diversity, the concept of alienation in digitisation, and the optimization of source selection. The lecture also discusses the impact of technology and data storage tiers on digitisation projects.