Google has signed has signed an agreement with University Complutense of Madrid that allows Google to digitise the university's hundreds of thousands of public domain works, so that anyone, at anytime will be able to view, browse, read, and even download the full texts from the library's historic and special collections.
University Complutense of Madrid, the largest in Spain, houses three million works, including by Cervantes, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and thousands of other Spanish-language titles in the public domain.
"Out of copyright books previously only available to people with access to Madrid's Complutense University Library, or the money to travel, will now be accessible to everyone with an Internet connection, wherever they live," said Carlos Berzosa, Chancellor of the Complutense University of Madrid. "We are quite literally opening our library to the world. The opportunities for education are phenomenal and we are delighted to be working with Google on this project."
The University Complutense of Madrid is the second European library to join the Library Project, which also includes the Bodleian Library at Oxford, University of California, University of Michigan, Harvard University, Stanford University, and the New York Public Library. Google is also conducting a pilot project with the Library of Congress.
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