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Are other libraries involved in the Google Books Library Project?
Yes. Google is currently working with 26 libraries: University of Michigan; Harvard University; Oxford University; the New York Public Library; Stanford University; University of California; University of Texas at Austin; University of Virginia; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Princeton Library; the Complutense University of Madrid; the Bavarian State Library; the Library of Catalonia; the University Library of Lausanne, Ghent University Library; Keio University Library; and the Committee on Institutional Collaboration (CIC) schools, including University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University. Google has also conducted a pilot project with the Library of Congress.
Information Information about the Google Book Search partners is available at <books.google.com/googlebooks/partners.html>.
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What is an example of Cornell University Library's current digitization initiatives?
Cornell University Library is a leader in digitization and preservation. Some of its current digitization initiatives include partnerships with Microsoft, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance, Amazon.com and the United States Agriculture Information Network (USAIN).
As a partner in the Microsoft Live Book initiative, the Library is collaborating with Microsoft and Kirtas Technologies, Inc. in digitizing public domain materials. More information about the partnership can be found at <wiki.library.cornell.edu/wiki/x/dXg>. In
In addition, the Library is sharing its expertise in digital imaging, preservation and management with librarians and archivists from the HBCU Library Alliance in an initiative that is laying the foundation for an HBCU digital library. As a result of this partnership, important materials from the founding collections of 20 HBCU institutions will soon be available online in a digital collection entitled "Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University."
Cornell Cornell University Library has also partnered with BookSurge, a subsidiary of Amazon.com that provides inventory-free book publishing, printing, fulfillment, and distribution, to make digitized materials from its world-class collections available as paperback editions. Customers who order a Cornell title from Amazon.com receive a high-resolution facsimile copy of the original contents. Google Book Search leads users to Cornell titles on Amazon or they can be purchased through Cornell Library's customized Amazon storefront at <bookstore.library.cornell.edu>.
For For more than a decade, Mann Library has collaborated with other land-grant libraries in a unique program to identify and preserve the history of agriculture and rural life. USAIN developed a national preservation plan to guide this initiative and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has given significant support. As part of the program, Mann digitized two of its important collections including, Core Historical Literature of Agriculture <chla.library.cornell.edu> and Human Ecology Archive: Research, Tradition and History <hearth.library.cornell.edu>.
At At Cornell, the Library is also involved in several initiatives aimed at converting the university's special and core collections. A list of its digital collections is available at <rdc.library.cornell.edu>.
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