Google Print for Libraries -- Now called Google Library Project As you may have heard, "Google Print makes offline information searchable... What is the goal of Google Print for Libraries? This project's aim is simple: make it easier to find relevant books. We hope to guide more users to books – specifically books they might not be able to find any other way – all while carefully respecting authors' and publishers' copyrights. Our ultimate goal is to work with publishers and libraries to create a comprehensive, searchable, virtual card catalog of all books in all languages that helps users discover new books and publishers find new readers. " Not everyone has been so enthusiastic...read the legal scholar's take and also check out the NPR story plus an author's view. And here's another well rounded discussion: http://www.aaupnet.org/aboutup/issues/gprint.html Thanks to Jason for pointing out the lastest news here. Gary Price says: "If you're interested in learning about the print book collections of the five libraries Google plans to scan/digitize (assuming all goes as planned), a new article in Digital Libraries: Anatomy of Aggregate Collections, uses data from OCLC's WorldCat (the largest bibliographic database in the world) to provide breakdowns and comparisons."  ¶ 11/10/2005