THE PROJECT

What is the Cornell/Microsoft project?

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Cornell University Library has entered into a partnership with Microsoft to digitize a significant number of books and to put the volumes online using the Microsoft Live Book Search service.  The initiative focuses on works already in the public domain and will allow students, researchers, and scholars around the world online access to books from Cornell's outstanding collections.  The project supports the library's long-standing commitment to make its collections broadly available and Cornell President David Skorton's goal to increase the impact of the university beyond campus boundaries.

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