Google: Over 100,000 works from the Lausanne Cantonal and University Library digitized
The Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne has digitized over 100,000 old books in collaboration with Google.
The work took two years, Google announced on Wednesday at the end of the project. The project involved scanning copyright-free works written before 1870. These can now be read by internet users all over the world. The Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne is the first French-speaking library and the fifth in Europe to take this path, the press release continues. The digitized books are currently only accessible via "Google Book Search". However, links will soon be added to the catalog of the library network of French-speaking Switzerland (RERO).
