The Implications of the Google Print Library Project for Future Multi-Institution Mass Digitization Programs

In Anatomy of Aggregate Collections: The Example of Google Print for Libraries, (D-Lib, Sept. 2005)  Brian Lavoie, Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, offer some perspectives on the Google Print Library Project in light of what is known about library print book collections in general, and those of the five library participants in particular, from information in OCLC's WorldCat bibliographic database and holdings file.