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Google, library books, and scanning 
A single book­scanning machine used by Google.com would take 1,636 ma­
chine­years to scan the approximately 29 million volumes of the Library of 
Congress. The cost would be nearly $300 million. The estimate is based on 30 
minutes and $10 per book. 
Wade Roush, “The Infinite Library,” Technology Review.com May 2005. www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/is­
sue/feature_library.asp April 13, 2005 

Women in higher education 
Women represented 62 percent of students age 40 or older for the years 1999 
to 2000. The percentage of students who were women among students of tra­
ditional ages (18 to 23) also continued to rise, up to 55 percent in 2000. Overall 
degree attainment among the younger U.S. population (25 to 29) is also now 
dominated by women: 31 percent compared to 26 percent for men. 
K. Peter and L. Horn, (2005). Gender Differences in Participation and Completion of Undergraduate 
Education and How They Have Changed Over Time (NCES 2005–169). U.S. Department of Education, Na­
tional Center for Education Statistics. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. nces.ed.gov 
/pubs2005/2005169.pdf April 14, 2005 

Library and Information Science: Most prolific U.S. universities 
Of the top 100 federally funded U.S. universities, Indiana University ranked fi rst 
in number of LIS papers produced from 1999 through 2004. They published 
147 papers. The University of Illinois­Urbana ranked second with 111 papers. 
The University of Washington, Pennsylvania State University, and University of 
Pittsburgh ranked third through fi fth, respectively. 
“Library and Information Science: Most Prolific U.S. Universities, 1999–2003,” in­cites SCI­BYTES, What’s New in Research: 
April 11, 2005. in­cites.com/research/2005/april_11_2005­1.html 

Internet filtering in China 
“China’s Internet filtering regime is the most sophisticated effort of its kind 

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Gary Pattillo is reference librarian at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, e-mail: pattillo@refstaff. 

in the world. Compared to similar efforts in other states, China’s fi ltering re­
gime is pervasive, sophisticated, and effective. It comprises multiple levels of 
legal regulation and technical control.” That is the finding of a new study by 
the OpenNet Initiative. About 10 percent of e­mail tested was inaccessible in 
2004–05. Approximately 7 percent of human rights Web sites and 8 percent of 
sex education sites were effectively fi ltered. 
“Internet Filtering in China in 2004–2005: A Country Study,” April 14, 2005. The OpenNet Initiative. www.opennetinitia­
tive.net/studies/china/ONI_China_Country_Study.pdf 

British Library e-texts 
“Texts in Context is a rich and unusual collection of over 400 British Library texts. 
You can find menus for medieval banquets and handwritten recipes scribbled 
inside book covers. You can browse the first English dictionary ever written 
and explore the secret language of the Georgian underworld. You can study 
the East India Company’s shopping lists and practice sentences from colonial 
phrasebooks. You can learn smugglers’ songs, listen to rare dialect recordings, 
and examine the logbooks of 17th century trading ships.” 
Texts in Context. bllearning.co.uk/live/text/ April 14, 2005 

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