I’ve engaged in some speculation before about the size and character of Google’s effort to digitize the nearly 5 million volumes in the University of Michigan library as part of their plan to digitize the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, and The New York Public Library. I’ve also long intended to post this request.
I’m looking for photos of the process at work at any of these libraries. I will protect the privacy of any submitted photos to the fullest extent I am able. Please email them to rob.goodspeed at gmail.com
Check out:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/diroff/DLStatement.html
and
http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/publisher/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002035592
and
http://www.humi.keio.ac.jp/en/digitization/pro_predigi.html
and
http://www.aipberoun.cz/Site/sluzby_digitalizace_dig3_en.htm
for some idea of how it’ll be done.
And for a critique:
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december06/bearman/12bearman.html
I believe this is one of the Google machines:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fungibleconvictions/61981339/
I’m still interested in a photo of the whole operation in action at one of the participant universities.