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The Libraries of the 91电影网 are aligned in the vision of uniting our separate collections into one collection, shared and fully networked: the BIG Collection. By this phrase we mean a holistic and comprehensive understanding of what a library "collection" is: not simply the things we hold, but our services; our people; our expertise; our technology; and our infrastructure.
In advancing this future of interdependence and excellence, we are guided by our North Star in everything that we do:
In order to advance a just, trustworthy, scalable & sustainable open knowledge ecosystem, make open, more equitable scholarship our lead purpose.
On these pages, you'll find more about the services, programs, and community that are advancing this vision in a principles-centered, mission-driven, values-aligned way.
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Northwestern Student Newspaper Highlights Digitization at NU
Northwestern University's student newspaper featured the University Library's participation in the Google digitization project in its article " published Nov. 1.
The Daily Northwestern story mentions the CIC's partnership with Google and what it means for students. It also identifies Northwestern's "collections of distinction" that will be digitized, including its Africana, Music and Transportation collections.
The CIC's Google agreement has been in place since 2007. In fall 2008, digitization began at CIC member libraries, but only one at a time.
"Given the fact that Google is able to conduct this work on such a
large scale, they are able to digitize so many more volumes than we
could ever do on our own or with other universities," says Scott
Devine, head of University Library preservation, in the article.
The story also quotes junior Laura Markee, a student who works at the library circulation desk, as saying, "This opens up a lot of our valuable research materials to people that can't get to Northwestern."
For more information on the Google project and the CIC, please visit the Center for Library Initiatives .