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1292: 1302: 1282: 25: 1203: 177:, but permission has been acquired to include over 60,000 copyrighted books (roughly 53,000 in English and 7,000 in Indian languages). The books are mirrored in part at sites in India, China, Carnegie Mellon, the 206:(NSF) awarded Carnegie Mellon $ 3.63M over four years for equipment and administrative travel for the Million Book Project. India provided $ 25M annually to support language translation research projects. The 149:
to enable full text searching, and providing free-to-read access to the books on the web. As of 2007, they have completed the scanning of 1 million books and have made the entire catalog accessible online.
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By December 2007, more than 1.5 million books had been scanned, in 20 languages: 970,000 in Chinese; 360,000 in English; 50,000 in
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School of Computer Science and University Libraries from 2007 to 2008. Working with government and research partners in
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provided $ 8.46M over three years. The Internet Archive provided equipment, staff and money. The
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The million book project was a "proof of concept" that has largely been replaced by
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The institutions in India which are participants in this project include:
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The institutions in China which are participants in this project include:
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charity organization with various scanning centers throughout the world.
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funded the work to acquire copyright permission from U.S. publishers.
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The Internet Archive may have some books that Google does not (e.g.:
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The institutions in the U.S. which are participants include:
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The institutions in the EU which are participants include:
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Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy
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Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
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Carnegie Mellon University
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