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Three months after undertaking an ambitious project to digitize thousands of books, Harvard University Library (HUL) and the Google Print project are facing scrutiny from publishing organizations, who claim the project may infringe copyright...
...plans to make holdings in the public domain completely available online and some excerpts from copyrighted material as well. Furthermore, this service will be available to more than just undergraduates of the respective participating universities, but to the public at large. If all goes well with the pilot program, HUL has the option of allowing Google to scan the entirety of its 15 million volumes for the Google Print project—something HUL has been unable to do for years due to prohibitive costs...
This digitization is an exciting prospect, one that could revolutionize libraries as we know them. While there is already talk of tying HOLLIS into the new search engine for the use of Harvard affiliates, the possibilities extend much further. We hope that HUL will eventually create a digital borrowing system that allows affiliates to access even its copyrighted holdings, much in the same way that JSTOR and other e-resources allow. We understand the potential constraints of copyright law, but we hope that Harvard makes the effort to push this project to its maximum potential. Such simple and broad access...
Further, the digitization has to potential to preserve volumes that won’t physically survive the test of time for future generations, as well as cut down on the number of “lost” materials. The digitization of HUL also presents some fascinating possibilities for linking collections across disciplines and media—text, visual art, video, recorded music and manuscript. With the emphasis on interdisciplinary study in the Harvard Curricular Review, such universal access is ideal...
...good to see Harvard leading the way in something other than the size of its endowment. Such an innovative venture shows that HUL is not only concerned with maintaining the largest collection, but also the best. After all, Harvard’s real wealth lies not simply in its stock holdings or capital investments or even its students and faculty; ultimately, it is Harvard’s library collection which will be truly invaluable to the future...