THE PROJECT

What is the Cornell/Microsoft project?

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The University of Toronto, the British Library, the New York Public Library, the University of California, Yale University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the American Museum of Veterinary Medicine are also collaborating with Microsoft.

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When surveyed about their needs, the Library's users rate access to full-text online as one of their highest priorities, so this partnership will enable us to respond to student and faculty expectations. Although Cornell has a long history of digitizing books for scholarly access,  this project will make substantially more books available for these purposes much sooner than would otherwise be possible. 

SELECTION

How many books are being digitized?

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Currently we will not be scanning any copyrighted material.

USER IMPACT

How can I tell if a book is charged out to digitization?

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No.  During the first year of the project we are only digitizing books in the public domain. We are currently focusing on books published prior to 1923.

ACCESS

How will I be able to access the digitized books?

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All books will be made freely available to the world.

FURTHER  INFORMATION

Who can I contact for more info?

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