Google’s Library Digitization Project: Reports from Michigan and Oxford

This sounds like a good way to spend an hour next week – I’m registered!

Your host, Steve Worona,
will be joined by John P. Wilkin and Reginald Carr, and the topic will
be "Google’s Library Digitization Project: Reports from Michigan and
Oxford."

Late last year, Google announced agreements with five major
libraries (Harvard, the University of Michigan, the New York Public
Library, Oxford University, and Stanford University) to embark on a
massive digitization project, holding out the promise of online
full-text searching and expanded digital access for tens of millions of
volumes. The Google project envisions a major shift not only in the way
library resources are delivered to patrons but also in digital
technologies and culture. Each of the five participating libraries
negotiated its own terms and schedule with Google. During this session,
Wilkin (University of Michigan) and Carr (Oxford University) will
discuss the project’s history as well as future plans and dreams.

Link: EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE Live! June 15, 2005.