SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Cornell University Library Words from the Wise  Feb 28, 2008 Eric Kofi Acree Acree is director of the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library at Cornell University and is the Africana subject specialist for Cornell University Library. There are so many African-Americans from the Ithaca community who have influenced me. (Ithaca Times, NY) University presses being left behind by digital era  Aug 25, 2007 One example of this trend that immediately springs to mind is , which is run by the Cornell University Library instead of its University Press. The report concludes that these trends are not helping anyone. (Yahoo News -- Literature and Authors) More Business Stories  Technology Headlines Google battles rivals in race to digitize the world's libraries  Oct 30, 2006 Microsoft also arranged to digitize the contents of the Cornell University library. Neither Google nor Microsoft would reveal how many books they have already scanned. (Yahoo! Asia News) Deal takes Microsoft further into Google territory  Oct 17, 2006 The libraries of the University of California and the University of Toronto (with 34m and 15m volumes respectively) signed up to the programme in June, and Cornell University Library announced a partnership with Microsoft this morning. The Cornell initiative will focus on works in the public domain and will allow free access to content to students and scholars all over the world. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books) Back to Libraries News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2008 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2008