August 11, 2006
U. of California Is in Talks to Join Google's Library-Scanning Project
The University of California is negotiating with Google to join the search-engine giant's book-digitization project. If Google and the university system agree to a deal — which, sources within the university say, could happen soon — Google might have access to as many as 34 million books within the system.
Details about the negotiations and the potential agreement, including who might pay for the digitization project, are scant. The system's Board of Regents heard
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