Princeton library joins Google Books project

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Google's controversial endeavor to digitize the world's books and put them online continued to grow with the addition of Princeton University's centuries-old library.

Written works in Princeton's library that are not protected by copyrights will be be scanned into digital format and added to Google Book Search, according to the university and Google.

Princeton has more than six million printed works and five million manuscripts in its library system, which was founded in the United States 250 years ago.

"Generations of Princeton librarians have devoted themselves to building a remarkable collection of books in thousands of subjects and dozens of languages," said university librarian Karin Trainer.

"Joining the Google partnership...