Microsoft to provide virtual access to Library of Congress
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Microsoft will provide the technology that allows visitors to the U.S. Library of Congress to first take a virtual tour of historic documents and map out what exhibits they want to see, the two organizations announced Thursday.
The project will include the Myloc.gov Web site, to be launched in April, linked to information kiosks at the LOC's Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. Interactive galleries will allow visitors to the Myloc.gov site to view and sometimes interact with items such as a rough draft of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the Gutenberg Bible, and a 1507 map that first used the word "America.