Libraries and Librarianship: June 2007 Archives
Sara Lin, of the LA Times, recently wrote an article, discussing the evolution of the Eaton Collection, a collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror resources at UC Riverside's Libraries.Some jewels of their collection include: a first edition Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," printed in 1818; an embossed publisher's edition of Jules Verne's "Mirifiques Aventures de Maitre Antifer," printed in 1900; in addition to Batman trading cards from 1966.
The national 12-university consortium called the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) just announced a collective agreement today to digitize select collections across all its libraries, up to 10 million volumes, as part of the Google Book Search project. The CIC comprises University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.