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V4 2001 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

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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