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BL opens up to Microsoft. Bill Gates gets a foot in the door at the British Library, with both parties looking to generate new revenue streams, finds Mark Chillingworth.
By inking a digitisation deal with software giant Microsoft, the British Library (BL) is looking to explore commercial opportunities previously unavailable to libraries.
In an exclusive interview with IWR, Alistair Baker, Microsoft's UK managing director, said both parties were looking to explore new business opportunities.
Under the terms of the agreement, signed 3 November 2005, Microsoft will digitise 25 million pages of out-of-copyright titles held by the BL, and make them available on the MSN Book Search service to be launched next year.
"This is the start of a very long journey; in five years time the things people search for will be very different to today," said Baker. "The aim of this relationship is long term."
Baker said there are real commercial possibilities based on the content held within libraries, and especially the British Library, that are not currently understood. "There is a lot of interest in historical artefacts, but to go to the British Library you have to ...
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