01983cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100250008905000060011410000180012024500340013826400510017230000470022333600260027033700260029633800360032250000310035850800260038952011390041553400450155465300220159985600430162199900170166434731UtSlPG20260610133807.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aenaesafr2iso639-1 4aZ1 aLebert, Marie10a40 years / 40 años / 40 ans 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2010-12-23  aProduced by Al Haines  a"40 years / 40 años / 40 ans" by Marie Lebert is a trilingual ebook celebrating the 40th anniversary of Project Gutenberg, encompassing its history and evolution written in the early 21st century. The work describes the emergence of Project Gutenberg, a revolutionary initiative by Michael Hart, aimed at creating free electronic versions of literary works accessible to the public. The ebook highlights important milestones of the project, discussing its growth and impact on digital libraries worldwide.  The beginning of the ebook presents an overview of Project Gutenberg's foundation, recalling July 4, 1971, as the date when the first ebook, The United States Declaration of Independence, was digitized. It outlines Michael Hart's vision for democratizing access to literature through technology, detailing how the project's number of ebooks expanded from one to thousands over the decades. Notably, it accounts for significant technological advancements and the support of volunteer proofreaders that contributed to the vast collection of over 33,000 high-quality ebooks by 2010. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aProject Gutenberg40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34731  c75577d75577