I know the digidivide is a serious issue, but there's an aspect of this project that is completely unique. It will digitise, for example, the entire 19c. records of the Bodleian which will make things available like unpublished hand-marked musical scores by the major composers, and it will also make available for study (by Jo Average anywhere in the world) materials that are currently too fragile for anyone to look at, with or without local access rights.

c'mon guys, this is a spot of great news! The tidal wave of crap on the web is a self-fulfilling exercise anyway, but this marks a very important step in the information age. Go google.