Digitization: U.C. system signs on to Microsoft book-scan project
Professional Reading: Digitization: U.C. system signs on to Microsoft book-scan project (via News.com)
"The University of California and the University of Toronto libraries have agreed to lend their collections of out-of-copyright material held in trust. In concert with the Open Content Alliance, Microsoft will scan and index the materials for use in its Windows Live Book Search, according to a Microsoft statement issued Friday."
Much of this, in terms of partners, has been know for some time. Today's news appears to be an expansion of the UC and Toronto digitization projects. Here's the official news release.
Quick Review:
+ Last October, the University of California Announced Its Involvement with the OCA and Scanning Books.
Focus on American Literature.
+ Microsoft will release Microsoft Live Books in the Future.
They have just announced a program for publishers to submit material directly to them. Similar to what Amazon.com and Google Book Search offer publishers.
+ The University of Toronto (and other Canadian Libraries) Have Been Scanning Materials (for the Internet Archive and the OCA) for some time. See this page from the Internet Archive. Other IA text digitization collections here.
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