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...such project has archived Web sites related to the debate, which has largely taken place online, surrounding Japan’s revision of its postwar constitution. Archiving the Web sites of political groups, NGOs, and academic institutions will make it possible for future historians to study the evolution of the revision process, says project founder Helen Hardacre, who is the Reischauer Institute professor of Japanese religions and society...
...While the Open Collections Program digitizes comprehensive collections on a specific historical subject, the University’s collaboration with Google—announced in 2004—seeks to scan all of Harvard’s non-copyrighted book collection, a project that is currently underway and that could eventually cover more than a million works...
...project allows individuals to read Harvard’s out-of-copyright books online and to locate text with keyword searching. In the U.S., works copyrighted before 1923 are generally in the public domain...
...Regardless of the outcome of the Google lawsuit on scanning copyrighted work, projects like the Open Collection Program and the Harvard-Google Project make libraries “an intellectual resource not just for Harvard, but for the world,” according to Verba...
...addition to the Open Collection Program and the Harvard-Google Project, which aim to provide digital access to anyone with an Internet connection, the libraries have also focused on providing virtual resources, such as databases like LexisNexis or JSTOR, that are only accessible to Harvard affiliates. The Business School’s Baker Library, in fact, spends more on subscription electronic content than printed materials, according to the library’s executive director, Mary Lee Kennedy...