Comment Feed for Channel 9 - British Library right to your computer http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/content/on10/entries/preview/britishlibrary_large_on10.jpg Channel 9 - British Library right to your computer Tim Sneath, our resident WPF and Vista expert, takes us into the British Library.  Well, some of their most prized possessions at least.  The idea behind this is that you don't actually have to fly to London and buy a ticket to the British Library to be able to experience some of these works.  Through the power of Vista, ancient titles -- hundreds of years old -- have been scanned in and you lose almost none of the authenticity in the transfer.  See for yourself.  It really is amazing.  en Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:56:06 GMT Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:56:06 GMT Rev9 Re: British Library right to your computer posted by tina10

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633084607920000000 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:33:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633084607920000000 tina10 Re: British Library right to your computer Cool i wont have to travel down there to conduct research for my paintings, to date i have only been there twice to do so, i did actually hear about them doing this, scaning their prized manuscripts etc, there was a major theft recently where someone was eventually caught t selling pages from texts that were in effect priceless that he had cut out, anyway great feature and a reminder of a good resource for research the British Library is. LS

Blog on Tina:) LS

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085522930000000 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:58:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085522930000000 Linkyshinks Re: British Library right to your computer Cool i wont have to travel down there to conduct research for my paintings, to date i have only been there twice to do so, i did actually hear about them doing this, scaning their prized manuscripts etc, there was a major theft recently where someone was eventually caught t selling pages from texts that were in effect priceless that he had cut out, anyway great feature and a reminder of a good resource for research the British Library is. LS

Blog on Tina:) LS

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085522930000000 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:58:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085522930000000 Linkyshinks Re: British Library right to your computer Tina i have just checked it out through XP and .NET 3.0 and i have to say it is a brilliant app Smiley.

 I have just been browsing through William Blakes note books with all his wonderfull little sketches and the two Da Vinci codex books available.

The manipulation is brilliant everything is sooo smooth, it's almost like having the real thing in front of you, the only shame was not having a mirror and a latin translator for all the twisted text in the Da Vinci books, luvz da Vinci went to a exhibition here in London Last month at the Victoria and Albert museum in South Kensington, it specifically exhibited his drawings and nothing more.

This will prove to be a great research resource when more such books become available, thanks again. LS Smiley

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085598870000000 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:04:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085598870000000 Linkyshinks Re: British Library right to your computer Tina i have just checked it out through XP and .NET 3.0 and i have to say it is a brilliant app Smiley.

 I have just been browsing through William Blakes note books with all his wonderfull little sketches and the two Da Vinci codex books available.

The manipulation is brilliant everything is sooo smooth, it's almost like having the real thing in front of you, the only shame was not having a mirror and a latin translator for all the twisted text in the Da Vinci books, luvz da Vinci went to a exhibition here in London Last month at the Victoria and Albert museum in South Kensington, it specifically exhibited his drawings and nothing more.

This will prove to be a great research resource when more such books become available, thanks again. LS Smiley

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085598870000000 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:04:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085598870000000 Linkyshinks Re: British Library right to your computer

I remember the preview to the “Turn the Page” application from a month ago when 10 first mentioned it.  I replied with just about everything you said.  This is an absolutely amazing research tool and I really feel it’s only in its infancy.

Could you imagine the Dead Sea Scrolls or the works of the Louvre painstakingly recreated on a computer?  It would facilitate the propagation of international historical research around the globe.

About six years ago I did a summer internship for a company in south Jersey that was in the process of converting their paperback business library into a computer database that any station on the compound could access and research.  I had to scan in an entire library worth of data; it was tedious and took all summer.  Everything had to be scanned at least by 300 dpi.

I would love the opportunity to go back and actually model 3D pages for the library instead of flat pdfs.  It would really be awesome to create something like what the British Library is doing.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085650480000000 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:30:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085650480000000 Matthew Mushall Re: British Library right to your computer

I remember the preview to the “Turn the Page” application from a month ago when 10 first mentioned it.  I replied with just about everything you said.  This is an absolutely amazing research tool and I really feel it’s only in its infancy.

Could you imagine the Dead Sea Scrolls or the works of the Louvre painstakingly recreated on a computer?  It would facilitate the propagation of international historical research around the globe.

About six years ago I did a summer internship for a company in south Jersey that was in the process of converting their paperback business library into a computer database that any station on the compound could access and research.  I had to scan in an entire library worth of data; it was tedious and took all summer.  Everything had to be scanned at least by 300 dpi.

I would love the opportunity to go back and actually model 3D pages for the library instead of flat pdfs.  It would really be awesome to create something like what the British Library is doing.

posted by Matthew Mushall

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085650480000000 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:30:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/British-Library-right-to-your-computer#c633085650480000000 Matthew Mushall Re: British Library right to your computer posted by Lord Zimbu

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