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The''' Michigan Digitization Project''' is a project in partnership with [[Google Books]] to digitize the entire print collection of the [[University of Michigan Library]]. The digitized collection is available through the University of Michigan Library catalog, [http://mirlyn-classic.lib.umich.edu/ Mirlyn], the [http://www.hathitrust.org/ HathiTrust Digital Library], and [[Google Book Search]]Books. Full-text of works that are out of copyright or in the public ___domain are available.<ref>Carlson Scott and Jeffrey R. Young. "Google Will Digitize and Search Millions of Books From 5 Leading Research Libraries," [http://chronicle.com/article/Google-Will-Digitize-and/36405/ ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'', December 14, 2004.]</ref><ref>Carnevale, Dan. "U. of Michigan Unveils Its Book-Scanning Contract With Google," [http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Michigan-Unveils-Its/121167/ ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'', June 20, 2005]</ref><ref>Foster, Andrea L. "U. of Michigan president Defends Library's Role in Controversial Google Scanning Project," [http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Michigan-President/22518/ ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'', February 7, 2006]</ref>

According to the [[University of Michigan Library|University of Michigan University Library]], they embarked on this partnership for a number of reasons:

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* The project will create new ways for users to search and access Library content, opening up our library collections to our own users and to users throughout the world

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== External links ==

* [httphttps://wwwapps.lib.umich.edu/files/services/mdp/overview.pdf U-M University Library-Google Digitization Project: A Brief Overview (dated 12/13/04)]

* [httphttps://wwwstaff.lib.umich.edu/mdpsites/staff.lib.umich.edu/files/2020-06/um-google-cooperative-agreement.pdf U-M Library/Google Cooperative Agreement (not dated)]

* [httphttps://wwwapps.lib.umich.edu/files/services/mdp/faq.pdf U-M Library/Google Digitization Partnership FAQ (dated 8/05)]

* [httphttps://wwwapps.lib.umich.edu/files/services/mdp/MDPflowchart_v3.pdf Project Workflow Chart (version 3.0, December 2008)]

* [http://www.hathitrust.org/help Frequently Asked Questions About HathiTrust]

* [httphttps://wwwapps.lib.umich.edu/files/services/mdp/GoogleBooks.pdf Google Book Search Tips: A University of Michigan University Library Handout]

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