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In 2007, the <\/span><\/span>Big Ten Academic Alliance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> announced its partnership with Google to digitize millions of volumes from their libraries.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The University of Iowa Libraries began participating in the Google Books Project in 2015, with work to end in early 2027.<\/span> This partnership offers the Libraries an opportunity to engage in a large-scale digitization project of its collections providing broad access to a wider audience through <\/span><\/span><\/span>Google Books<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Digital copies scanned by Google are available in <\/span><\/span><\/span>HathiTrust,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> a digital repository and a <\/span><\/span><\/span>partnership of major research libraries<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> and institutions committed to ensuring the cultural record is preserved and accessible into the future. The Big Ten Academic Alliance, acting on behalf of its members, entered into an agreement with the HathiTrust.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Please <\/span><\/span><\/span>contact your library liaiso<\/span>n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> for additional information.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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