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Google to digitise Iraq Museum archives

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

Tuesday, November 24, 2009
14 years ago2,149 views

AFP's report at:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5goaQIv8Asj6QTGEg48b56AiUJ46w

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

"....
"Google's mission all over the world is to make information available to everyone," he [Schmidt] said. "There's a tremendous amount of information in the Arab world that is neither understood nor broadly available to everyone else."

He added: "More than 14,000 images that we've taken, plus a few surprises, will be available to everyone in the world, early next year."

"With the support of the Iraqi government and the Iraqi people, this museum will open, over time, to the world."

The project involves digitising and electronically cataloguing artefacts at the museum, with the costs, which were not immediately released, being borne jointly by Google and the US State Department.
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