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Australia's new $69 million library becomes home to a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio

Australia's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has opened its highly anticipated new library, featuring 30,000 items, including Shakespeare's First Folio. The collection ranges from children's books and artworks to rare books and historic maps.

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00:07This is our copy of Shakespeare's first folio, printed in 1623.
00:14It's one of only two copies in Australia, certainly the only copy in Tasmania.
00:19We've had the entire book digitised, and you're able to come here
00:22and at the simple touch of the dial, browse through at your heart's content the entire works.
00:41Breaking free of Dewey Decimal and enabling books to be placed anywhere
00:44means that we can form a broader relationship between the books.
00:47What you're seeing here are books that highlight
00:50and then show the relationships to other books around them,
00:53which is the highlighted spines.
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