IGoogle adds major libraries to its database | CNET News.com

Google adds major libraries to its database | CNET News.com: "Google will expand its ability for searching books by working with Stanford and Harvard Universities, among others, to digitize out-of-print and copyrighted works.
On Tuesday, the Mountain View, Calif.-based is expected to announce relationships with five major libraries, including the University of Michigan, Oxford University and the New York Public Library, to create digital copies of some books so that they may be searchable using Google. Also on Tuesday, the company will begin sampling some works already scanned for Google Print, the company's searchable index of books that it formally unveiled in October.
Susan Wojcicki, Google's director of product management, said the project will evolve over several years.
'Libraries have been the keepers of information for centuries,' she said. 'We're excited to unlock that wealth of Information.'"

In the meantime, if you want to "unlock" that wealth of information now visit your local library and get a library card!