Tag Archives: University of Michigan

PictureIt Rare Book Reader

The University of Michigan has unveiled the PictureIt Rare Book Reader, an on-screen reader that is similar to others that I have seen, but faster, smoother, and simply beautiful to see and use. The first book available online is volume … Continue reading

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OHP + SPO = OA

The Open Humanities Press (OHP) has joined forces with the University of Michigan Library’s Scholarly Publications Office (SPO) to start up a series of open access monographs: New Metaphysics Critical Climate Change Global Conversations Unidentified Theoretical Objects and my favorite… … Continue reading

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Big Google Book Search Library Project Announcement

Big news from the Google Book Search Library Project today: The number of libraries participating in the Google Book Search Library Project just got a whole lot bigger with today’s addition of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). The CIC … Continue reading

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