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We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books.

The short answer: page by page, by hand.

You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it.

Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: https://blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/meet-eliza-zhang-book-scanner-and-viral-video-star/

OpnState · 2d

Your work is important, because digital records are being revised and changed without our knowledge

Micael · 2d

I love you guys! Thank you so much for your work

Kayne · 2d

I seen a machine that can do this without damaging the books, like it's less invasive to the books than a human hand turning the pages. Definitely need to invest in one of those at some point if you can afford to.

Kendy · 2d

As an engineer, I’d contribute to a crowdfund for a solution to automate the page flipping