Revolutionary chapter
Google's ambitious book-scanning plan seen as key shift in paper-based culture
San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, December 20, 2004
Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer

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"This is one of the great milestones in the shift of our culture from paper-based to electronic," said Andrew Herkovic, a Stanford librarian working with Google on the project. "There is in effect a social recognition that we need to transfer the information from paper-based as in the past into the delivery medium of the future."

The logistics involved are staggering."

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