You have probably visited the great, octagonal Reading Room at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC
Starting this weekend, the library may save you some of the walking around by delivering an interactive experience.
"Artifacts like the Waldseemüller map (the first to include the name “America”), the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, the Gutenberg Bible and original volumes from Thomas Jefferson’s Library will be virtually at your fingertips. You’ll be able to flip through their pages, magnify sections of interest and access commentary from the Library’s top experts-all on the same touch screen."
Also, the Library has opened over 3,000 of its archived photos to Flickr's community of users to apply tags. It hopes the crowdsourcing to Flickr's 23 million members will tell them something about the images they don't already know.
Unfortunately, page 47 of the Book of Secrets is not one of the photos :)
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