Google to scan >1m Univ. Texas Library books

[Mike Quinn]

Here are a few of the early lep books I've found:
http://www.texasento.net/ebooks.htm

Mike Quinn, Austin
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Controversial Google library project grows

Jan 19 7:09 PM US/Eastern

Google announced that another major US college library had joined its
controversial project to put the world's books online.

The more than one million written works at the University of Texas
library in Austin will be converted to digital format and added to
Google Books Library Project, according to the Internet search
powerhouse.

The university's collection includes rare books and manuscripts from
early Latin American history, Google said.

"Intellectual discovery is at the heart of the scholarly research
process," university director of libraries Fred Heath said in a
statement.

"The best collections of information are only as useful as the quality
of the tools available for discovering and accessing that
information."

The Google Book Search project was initiated in 2004 with the aim of
scanning every literary work into digital format and making them
available online.

Google has partnerships with the New York Public Library and major
universities such as Harvard, Oxford, Complutense of Madrid and the
University of California to add their collections to its virtual book
shelves.

full text:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/19/070119232702.yumcgz6h.html


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