Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age – The New York Times

Now, in a digital-age sacrifice intended to serve grand intentions, the Harvard librarians are slicing off the spines of all but the rarest volumes and feeding some 40 million pages through a high-speed scanner. They are taking this once unthinkable step to create a complete, searchable database of American case law that will be offered free on the Internet, allowing instant retrieval of vital records that usually must be paid for.

From Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age – The New York Times