>    why are some public (public) libraries slowly making all their MS
>    available as a digital download - and I'm thinking about the the
>    Bayerisch Staatsbibliothek here in Munich, between others -, while
>    there are other PUBLIC libraries (hello, British Library ...) - that
>    still do not even seem to envisage that ...

One wonders how aware YOU are, you completely ignore a major effort
underway several years now by the BM and other holders of printed book
sources of prose as well as music.

EEBO - Early English Books Online.

(see http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home)

Patience my friend, it takes funds to do this work, but it is happening
for music and other information (eg, fines, calendars, other records of
the UK are being translated, keyworded, and made available online in
searchable form).
--
Dana Emery



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