Nov

1

China US million book digital library project

November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment

This is an international digital library project which is working to provide free full text access to 500,000 rare Chinese and language books and 500,000 English language books about China. It is interdisciplinary in nature covering all subjects from the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. There is a special emphasis upon topics relating to Chinese [...]

Oct

28

Project Gutenberg

October 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Project Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, Android, iOS or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats.    A wide range of subjects is covered including literature and history.

Jul

8

The British Library and Google to make 250, 000 books available to all

July 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The British Library recently announced a new partnership with Google to digitise 250,000 collection items under the Google Books programme.  The project will digitise a huge range of out-of-copyright printed books, pamphlets and periodicals from the period 1700 -1870. It will include material in most European languages, including some English.  The Library will select the BL collection [...]