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SAN FRANCISCO: Google's controversial endeavour to digitise the world's books and put them online continued to grow with the addition of Princeton University's centuries-old library. Written works in Princeton's library that are not protected by copyrights will be scanned into digital format and added to Google Book Search, according to the university and Google. Princeton has more than six million printed works and five million manuscripts in its library system, which was founded in the United States 250 years ago. "Generations of Princeton librarians have devoted themselves to building a remarkable collection of books in thousands of subjects and dozens of languages," said university librarian Karin Trainer. "Joining the Google partnership allows us to share our collection with researchers worldwide, a step very much in keeping with the university's unofficial motto of 'Princeton in the nation's service and in the service of all nations'." Princeton is the 12th library to join the Google Library Project. Google has partnerships with the New York Public Library and major universities such as Harvard, Oxford, Complutense of Madrid and the University of California to add their collections to its virtual book shelves. The Google Book project was initiated in 2004 with the aim of scanning every literary work into digital format and making them available online.
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