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Title: Google to digitize CU library works - Ithaca Journal Post by: Stephen Taylor on August 20, 2007, 04:11:43 AM Google to digitize CU library works - Ithaca Journal
Google Inc. will digitize up to 500,000 works from Cornell University Library and make them available online using Google Book Search, the university announced Wednesday. According to an announcement released Wednesday, materials from Mann Library, one of 20 member libraries that comprise Cornell University Library, will be digitized as part of the agreement. Among Mann's collections are biological sciences, natural resources, plant, animal and environmental sciences, applied economics, management and public policy, human development, textiles and apparel, nutrition and food science. Cornell is the 27th institution to join the Google Book Search Library Project, which digitizes books or parts of books from major libraries and makes it possible for Internet users to search their collections online. Read More.. (http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070809/NEWS01/708090329/1002/NEWS01) |