Michigan Digitization Project
Encyclopedia
The Michigan Digitization Project is a project in partnership with Google books to digitize the entire print collection of the University of Michigan Library
. The digitized collection is available through the University of Michigan Library catalog, Mirlyn, the HathiTrust Digital Library catalog, and Google Book Search
. Full-text of works that are out of copyright or in the public domain are available.
According to the University of Michigan University Library
, they embarked on this partnership for a number of reasons:
The project has received academic and media attention.
In February 2008, the University of Michigan announced that over 1 million books from the University Library have been digitized. In September 2008, the University of Michigan announced the HathiTrust
, a multi-institutional digital repository.
University of Michigan Library
The University of Michigan University Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The system, consisting of 19 separate libraries in 11 buildings, altogether holds over 9.55 million volumes, with the collection growing at the rate of...
. The digitized collection is available through the University of Michigan Library catalog, Mirlyn, the HathiTrust Digital Library catalog, and Google Book Search
Google Book Search
Google Books is a service from Google that searches the full text of books that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database. The service was formerly known as Google Print when it was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October...
. Full-text of works that are out of copyright or in the public domain are available.
According to the University of Michigan University Library
University of Michigan Library
The University of Michigan University Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The system, consisting of 19 separate libraries in 11 buildings, altogether holds over 9.55 million volumes, with the collection growing at the rate of...
, they embarked on this partnership for a number of reasons:
- The project will create new ways for users to search and access Library content, opening up our library collections to our own users and to users throughout the world
- Although we have engaged in large-scale (preservation-based) conversion of parts of the Library's collection for several years, we know that only through partnerships of this sort can something of this scale be achieved
- We believe that, beyond providing basic access to Library collections, this activity is critically transformative, enabling the University Library to build on and reconceive vital Library services for the new millennium.
The project has received academic and media attention.
In February 2008, the University of Michigan announced that over 1 million books from the University Library have been digitized. In September 2008, the University of Michigan announced the HathiTrust
HathiTrust
HathiTrust is a very large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via the Google Books project and Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries....
, a multi-institutional digital repository.
External links
- U-M University Library-Google Digitization Project: Project Overview (dated 12/13/04)
- U-M Library/Google Cooperative Agreement (not dated) Also PDF
- U-M Library/Google Digitization Partnership FAQ (dated 8/05)
- Project Workflow Chart (version 2.0, February 2008)
- Google Library Partnership (provided by U-M News Service)
- Frequently Asked Questions About MBooks at the University of Michigan.
- Google Book Search Tips: A University of Michigan University Library Handout.