The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 27, July 1, 2001, Article 7

PROJECT  TO DIGITIZE EARLY ENGLISH TEXTS 

   [This item is of a non-numismatic nature, but it 
    related to some of our earlier discussions of 
    microfilm and digitization of source material. 
    -Editor] 

   As reported by Educause: "A group of 150 academic 
   libraries is being recruited to join in a partnership with 
   ProQuest Information and Learning (formerly Bell and 
   Howell) to produce a digitized database of 25,000 
   English works produced from 1475 to 1700. So far, 
   50 institutions, including Oxford University and the 
   University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, have committed 
   to paying the $10,000 per year for five years necessary 
   to complete the project. For at least the first five years, 
   only those libraries that contribute will be allowed free 
   access to the expanding database, putting academics 
   in the unusual position of limiting the distribution of 
   knowledge. Observers noted that this model of private/ 
   academic partnership could spread, especially if the 
   current effort is completed as planned.  (Chronicle of 
   Higher Education Online, 29 June 2001)" 

   For information on EDUCAUSE publications see 
   http://www.educause.edu/pub/pubs.html 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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