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Google, Big Ten schools team in effort to digitize books
Twelve universities offer up 10 million volumes for Google Books program 

Heather HavensteinJune 06, 2007 (Computerworld) -- 

The University of Minnesota and 11 other universities in the Midwest announced Wednesday that they have partnered with Google Inc. to digitize up to 10 million bound book volumes as part of the Google Books Library Project.

The agreement will allow Google to digitize significant portions of many of the books in the general collections of libraries on the campuses of the 12 universities -- all the schools in the Big Ten and the University of Chicago -- that make up the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). The University of Minnesota noted that each CIC library has also agreed to provide specialized content to Google to be digitized.

The move will double the number of universities participating in the Google Books Library Project, according to the CIC.

The library project is part of the larger Google Books Search project, in which the search-engine developer aims to create an online catalog of books along with details on how to buy or borrow them.

For books that are not under copyright -- generally books published prior to 1923 -- or where the publisher has given permission, the entire book is made available online under the program. For the rest, Google offers excerpts from the books, according to the University of Minnesota.

"The University of Minnesota is making history today," said University of Minnesota Provost Thomas Sullivan in a statement. "For our students and researchers, speedy access to printed volumes will change the face and pace of scholarly research. Digitizing these collections is also a public good and supports the land-grant mission of the University of Minnesota."

Wendy Pradt Lougee, librarian at the University of Minnesota and member of the six-person team that negotiated the six-year agreement with Google, said that the company's capacity for digitizing the books will far exceed the capability of any of the CIC universities individually. In addition, she described the project as one of the largest cooperative projects of its kind in higher education.

Google will fund the digitization of up to 10 million volumes in the CIC collections; each of the CIC organizations will cover the costs of preparing the books for digitization. The University of Minnesota estimated the value of the partnership -- in which Google will cover the costs of digitizing 1 million volumes at its library -- at up to $60 million.

 

 

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Twelve universities offer up 10 million volumes for Google Books program
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Google, Big Ten schools team in effort to digitize books
Twelve universities offer up 10 million volumes for Google Books program
Heather HavensteinJune 06, 2007
http://www.computerworld.com (Computerworld)
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The University of Minnesota and 11 other universities in the Midwest announced Wednesday that they have partnered with http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Google+Inc. Google Inc.
to digitize up to 10 million bound book volumes as part of the Google Books Library Project.
The agreement will allow Google to digitize significant portions of many of the books in the general collections of libraries on the campuses of the 12 universities -- all the schools in the Big Ten and the University of Chicago -- that make up the
http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/ Committee on Institutional Cooperation
(CIC). The University of Minnesota noted that each CIC library has also agreed to provide specialized content to Google to be digitized.
The move will double the number of universities participating in the Google Books Library Project, according to the CIC.
The library project is part of the larger Google Books Search project, in which the search-engine developer aims to create an online catalog of books along with details on how to buy or borrow them.
For books that are not under copyright -- generally books published prior to 1923 -- or where the publisher has given permission, the entire book is made available online under the program. For the rest, Google offers excerpts from the books, according to the University of Minnesota.
"The University of Minnesota is making history today," said University of Minnesota Provost Thomas Sullivan in a statement. "For our students and researchers, speedy access to printed volumes will change the face and pace of scholarly research. Digitizing these collections is also a public good and supports the land-grant mission of the University of Minnesota."
Wendy Pradt Lougee, librarian at the University of Minnesota and member of the six-person team that negotiated the six-year agreement with Google, said that the company's capacity for digitizing the books will far exceed the capability of any of the CIC universities individually. In addition, she described the project as one of the largest cooperative projects of its kind in higher education.
Google will fund the digitization of up to 10 million volumes in the CIC collections; each of the CIC organizations will cover the costs of preparing the books for digitization. The University of Minnesota estimated the value of the partnership -- in which Google will cover the costs of digitizing 1 million volumes at its library -- at up to $60 million.
 
 
Jim Merryfield
Analyst II
Knowledge Services
Premera M/S 347
425-918-6520
   (formerly)
   Developer III
   GBAS-Clearinghouse-SAS
Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message or you may call Premera Blue Cross in
Mountlake Terrace
,
WA
U.S.A.
at 1-866-358-2294.
 
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