What the Hell Were We Thinking!?!?! UM-Google Digitization Deal What is it? Where do things stand?

Basic information What will be digitized? –7m University Library volumes –print (bound) Google’s approach to “fair use” Process for books Images are returned to UM What (in basic terms) will UM do with images it receives

4 Why would Google? “project’s aim is simple: help maintain the preeminence of books and libraries in our increasingly Internet-centric culture by making these information resources an integral part of the online experience. We hope to guide more users to their local libraries; to digital archives of some of the world's greatest research institutions; and to out-of-print books they might not be able to find anywhere else – all while carefully respecting authors’ and publishers' copyrights.” Google Print/Library FAQ

About the files… Benchmarking/standards What we get is package per volume, id’d by barcode, incl. 600dpi ITU G4 (bitonal) for print 300dpi JPEG2000 color/grayscale for illus. naming conventions corresponding to UM specs OCR Checksums Production notes Quality control Ongoing improvement of hardware/engineering Image quality good and improving What is secret and why? –Technology –Numbers

THE GOOGLE WORKSTATION (CONFIDENTIAL)

THE ANN ARBOR WORK GROUP

Status Google began in July, 2004 UM receiving content continuously Large amounts of UM content went into GBS in November, 2005 Production ramp-up continues At UM, embarking on implementation

Why would UM put the materials online? Responsibility for the “archive” Michigan “audience” more specific and thus more specialized –More flexible displays –More powerful citation tools –Power searches? –Data mining and other research applications