Michigan Digitization Project

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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, [http://mirlyn-classic.lib.umich.edu/ Mirlyn], the [http://www.hathitrust.org/ HathiTrust Digital Library], and Google Books. Full-text of works that are out of copyright or in the public domain are available.Carlson Scott and Jeffrey R. Young. "Google Will Digitize and Search Millions of Books From 5 Leading Research Libraries," [http://chronicle.com/article/Google-Will-Digitize-and/36405/ The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 14, 2004.]Carnevale, Dan. "U. of Michigan Unveils Its Book-Scanning Contract With Google," [http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Michigan-Unveils-Its/121167/ The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 20, 2005]Foster, Andrea L. "U. of Michigan president Defends Library's Role in Controversial Google Scanning Project," [http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Michigan-President/22518/ The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 7, 2006]

According to the University of Michigan Library, 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.[http://www.lib.umich.edu/mdp/ Michigan Digitization Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415184009/http://www.lib.umich.edu/mdp/ |date=April 15, 2008 }} About page

The project has received academicYoung, Jeffrey R. "U. of Michigan Adds Books Digitized by Google to Online Catalog, but Limits Use of Some," [http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Michigan-Adds-Books/118987/ The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 31, 2006.]{{cite journal | last = Vaidhyanathan | first = Siva | authorlink = Siva Vaidhyanathan | date = December 2, 2006 | title = A Risky Gamble with Google | journal = The Chronicle of Higher Education | url = http://chronicle.com/article/A-Risky-Gamble-With-Google/23128/ | accessdate = July 23, 2013}}{{cite journal |last=Vaidhyanathan |first=Siva |authorlink=Siva Vaidhyanathan |date=Sep–Oct 2006 |title=Copyright Jungle |journal=Columbia Journalism Review |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=42 |url=https://www.cjr.org/issues/2006/5/Vaidhyanathan.asp |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329022757/https://www.cjr.org/issues/2006/5/Vaidhyanathan.asp |archive-date = March 29, 2007}}Tennant, Roy. "Mass Digitization," [http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2006/10/ljarchives/digital-libraries-mass-digitization/ Library Journal, October 15, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120070139/http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2006/10/ljarchives/digital-libraries-mass-digitization/ |date=January 20, 2016 }}Courant, Paul. "On being in bed with Google," http://paulcourant.net/2007/11/04/on-being-in-bed-with-google/Wong, Wylie. "Digital Libraries: Turning to the Same Page." [http://www.edtechmag.com/higher/november-december-2007/digital-libraries-turning-to-the-same.html EdTech: Focus on Higher Education, Nov/Dec 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710171413/http://www.edtechmag.com/higher/november-december-2007/digital-libraries-turning-to-the-same.html |date=July 10, 2011 }} and media attention.Vaidhyanathan, Siva. "Steal This Book." Interview on On the Media, NPR, September 30, 2005. [http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2005/09/30/05 NPR] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014846/http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2005/09/30/05 |date=September 30, 2007 }}Walker, Leslie. "Google's Goal: A Worldwide Web of Books," [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051702016.html?sub=new Washington Post, May 18, 2006; Page D01.]Toobin, Jeffrey. "Google's Moon Shot: The quest for the universal library," [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/02/05/070205fa_fact_toobin The New Yorker, February 5, 2007]"Google to scan famous libraries," [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4094271.stm BBC News, December 14, 2004]

In February 2008, the University of Michigan announced that over 1 million books from the University Library have been digitized.{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.umich.edu/one-million-digitized-books|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318011532/http://www.lib.umich.edu/one-million-digitized-books |archive-date=2010-03-18 |url-status=dead|title=One Million Digitized Books | MLibrary|accessdate=September 22, 2014}} In September 2008, the University of Michigan announced the establishment of HathiTrust, a multi-institutional digital repository.{{cite web|url=http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/blt/archives/2008/09/mbooks_is_now_h.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226043429/http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/blt/archives/2008/09/mbooks_is_now_h.html |archive-date=February 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |title=MBooks is now HathiTrust -- [BLT] Blog for Library Technology |accessdate=September 22, 2014 }}