UM: Books

The Economist features UM’s Paul Courant in an article about Google’s book digitization project: “Paul Courant, the dean of libraries at the University of Michigan, jokes that he also runs ‘an orphanage’. Among the books on his shelves are such seminal texts as ‘Blunder Out of China’ and ‘The Appalachian Frontier: America’s First Surge Westward’, which are protected by copyrights belonging to people who cannot be found. Known as ‘orphan’ books, such titles are one element of a controversial plan by Google, the world’s biggest internet company, to create a vast online library.” [Source]