[WEB4LIB] RE: Library News from Google ... *and* UM!

[Roy Tennant]

On Dec 14, 2004, at 11:47 AM, Tito Sierra wrote:

> A quick calculation using the figures above suggests an average scan
> rate of 3200 volumes per day (assuming 365 days/year for 6 years) at
> the University of Michigan site alone.
>
> I am very curious about the process that enables this level of
> throughput.
>
An even quicker calculation shows that they will need to digitize 2.25 
books _a_minute_, 24 hours/day, 365 days/year to digitize 7 million 
volumes in six years. I'm wondering just how much digitization Google's 
investors are willing to buy, and why.
Roy