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# [drf:1439] Re: [SOAF] Cornell University Library Partners with the Internet Archive

- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:06:59 +0900

    みなさま

    　金沢大の内島です。コーネル大学が、インターネットアーカイブと組んで行った
    所蔵図書のデジタル化コレクションに関するニュースです。１９２３年以前に主に
    アメリカで出版されたパブリックドメインの図書８万冊をデジタル化したもの。す
    でに手を引いたマイクロソフトの助成金も使ったようです。

    　グーグルとは違う方針を持つOpen Contents Alliance(OCA)という横断的イニシャチブ
    があり、すでにパブリックドメインにあるものを選択して提供しているものです。

    　　OCAの参加機関等はこちら。
    　　　　http://www.opencontentalliance.org/contributors/

    　こうした図書のデジタル化も、広い意味でアメリカ風の’オープン・アクセス’イ
    ニシャチブになるのでしょう。

    　インターネットアーカイブは非営利の民間団体で色々のことをやっています。ちな
    みに、MITにあるDSpace Foundationのディレクターのミシェル・キプトンさんは、こ
    こで仕事をしていた方です。

     コーネルの館長の発言。館長がこういう発言をすることが素晴らしいですね。
    　「Expanding access to knowledge is one of the Library's core
    　　principles, and we are excited to participate in the open-access
    　　vision of the Internet Archive,・said Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch
    　　University Librarian.」

    >Cornell University Library Partners with the Internet Archive
    >Nearly 80,000 Public-Domain Books Available Free Online
    >
    >ITHACA, N.Y. (Dec. 15, 2009) ・ In an effort to make its materials
    >globally accessible, Cornell University Library is sharing tens of
    >thousands of digitized books with the Internet Archive at
    >http://archive.org/details/cornell.
    >
    >展e have been carefully preserving and storing materials for years,
    >and now we池e diversifying the channels for them to be studied and
    >used,・said Oya Reiger, associate university librarian for information
    >technologies. 展e have the ability to take books to the places where
    >readers are.・
    >
    >The new collaboration repurposes nearly 80,000 books that the Library
    >has already digitized in-house or through its partnership with
    >Microsoft and Kirtas Technologies. All the books are in the public
    >domain, printed before 1923 mainly in the United States. They cover a
    >host of subject areas, including American history, English literature,
    >astronomy, food and wine, general engineering, the history of science,
    >home economics, hospitality and travel, labor relations, Native
    >American materials, ornithology, veterinary medicine and women's
    >studies.
    >
    >Internet Archive, a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving materials
    >in all formats and well known for its 展ayback Machine・application,
    >includes the Library痴 digitized collection in its searchable
    >database. Books are available for free in multiple formats, including
    >PDF, flip book and full text on-screen. Nearly 750,000 users are
    >registered on the site.
    >
    >摘xpanding access to knowledge is one of the Library痴 core
    >principles, and we are excited to participate in the open-access
    >vision of the Internet Archive,・said Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch
    >University Librarian.
    >
    >The collaboration with Internet Archive is another step in Cornell
    >University Library痴 cutting-edge participation in mass digitization
    >initiatives. Earlier this year, the Library announced an expanded
    >print-on-demand partnership with Amazon.com that allows readers to pay
    >for reprinting of books on an individual basis.
    >
    >典he Internet Archive is proud to process and host the books from
    >Cornell ・these collections are priceless,・said Brewster Kahle,
    >founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive. 展e are happy
    >that Microsoft put no restrictions on the scanned public domain books
    >and Cornell is encouraging maximum readership and research use.・
    >
    >Performing a simple search for one of Cornell University Library痴
    >digitized books now brings up both a copy on Amazon and a free online
    >copy on the Internet Archive.
    >
    >For more information and to see Cornell University Library痴
    >contributions, visit http://archive.org/details/cornell.
    >
    >About Cornell University Library
    >Cornell University is both an Ivy League institution and New York's
    >land-grant university. Among the top 10 academic research libraries in
    >the country, Cornell University Library reflects the university's
    >distinctive mix of eminent scholarship and democratic ideals. The
    >Library offers cutting-edge programs and facilities, a full spectrum
    >of services, extensive collections that represent the depth and
    >breadth of the university, and a deep network of digital resources.
    >Its impact reaches beyond campus boundaries with initiatives that
    >extend the land grant mission to a global focus. To learn more, visit
    >http://library.cornell.edu.
    >
    >About the Internet Archive
    >The Internet Archive is a nonprofit library based in San Francisco
    >that specializes in offering broad public access to digitized and
    >born-digital books, music, movies and Web pages. Please visit
    >http://archive.org and http://openlibrary.org.

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