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University of Illinois gave Hart an account to use for job proficiency. He was given time worth around $100,000,000.
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Typed the Declaration of Independence onto the computer and made it available to be downloaded by anyone. It was the first document on Project Gutenberg.
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Project GutenbergBy 1987 Hart had typed 313 books to be dowloaded; such as the Bible, Shakespeare Classics, etc.
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All text was manually entered until scanners were made more available and easier to use.
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Project Gutenberg began joining the celebrations of the 100th Anniverseries of Public Libraries.
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As of 2015, this oldest online library has over 48,000 ebooks available.
