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Case 1:05-cv-08136-DC Document 991-1 Filed 12/12/11 Page 25 of 110Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Joins Google's Librar Project - News from GooglePage 2 onReaders wil have access to many distinctive and unique collections held by the consortum. Users wil beable to explore collections that are global in scope, like Northwestern's Afrcana collection or dive deep intothe universities' unique Midwest heritage, including the University of Minnesota's Scandinavian and forestrycollections, Michigan State's extensive holding in agriculture, Indiana University's folklore collection, and thehistory and culture of Chicago collection at the University of Illinois-Chicago.Google will provide the CIC with a digital copy of the public domain materials digitized for this project. Withthese files, the consortium wil create a first-of-its-kind shared digital repository of these works held acrossthe CIC libraries. Both readers and libraries will benefit from this group effort:. The shared repository of public domain books wil give faculty and students convenient access to alarge and diverse online library before housed in separate locations.. This new collaboration wil enable librarians to collectively archive materials over time, and allowresearchers to access a vast array of material with searches customized for scholarly activity.For books in the public domain, readers will be able to view, browse, and read the full texts online. For booksprotected by copyright, users will get basic background (such as the book's title and the author's name), atmost a few lines of text related to their search, and information about where they can buy or borrow a book."This library digitization agreement is one ofthe largest cooperative actions of its kind in higher education,"said CIC chairman Lawrence Dumas, provost of Northwestern University. "We have a collective ambition toshare resources and work together to preserve the world's printed treasures."Two CIC member universities are already working with Google Book Search, the University of Michigan andthe University of Wisconsin-Madison, and this new agreement will complement the digitization work alreadytaking place.The CIC becomes the latest partner in the Google Books Library Project, which in addition to the Universityof Michigan and University of Wisconsin-Madison, also includes Harvard University, Stanford University,Oxford University, the New York Public Library, Stanford University, University of California, University ofTexas at Austin, University ofVirginia, Princeton Library, the Complutense University of Madrid, the BavarianState Library, the Library of Catalonia, the University Library of Lausanne and Ghent University Library.Google is also conducting a pilot project with the Library of Congress.The Google Books Library Project digitizes books from major libraries around the world and makes theircollections searchable on Google Book Search. More information can be found at: books.google.com.http://ww.google.comJintVenlpress/annclbooks_cic.html 12/8/2011