2 - Friday, September 19, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Friday, September19, 2008 The Michigan Daity - michigandailycom The paperless project More than one million library materials on campus have been digitized through the Google Michigan Digitization Proj- ect over the past few years, but because the technology remains a closely guarded secret, the project remains a mystery to many. The goal is to have all 7.5 mil- lion print items in the Universi- ty's collection scanned by 2010 and available online through Google Book Search. All University students and faculty will be able to access every volume through the library's online database, MBooks. Whenthe Digitizationproject began in 2004, Google scanned an average of 5,000 University items per year. At one in point in 2006, books were beingscanned at a rate of 30,000 per week. By the time the program reaches its most advanced state, Google plans to scan more than 1 million items per year. Google has also teamed with the New York Public Library and librariesat Harvard University, Princeton University and the entire University of California system to digitize printed vol- umes in those collections. In each of these partnerships, Google is covering the whole cost of converting the materi- als. The company has propriety innovative scanning technology specifically for these library projects. The University scanned its millionth beok in February. By that point, 42 terabytes worth of University library materials had been converted and made FILE PHOTO The goal of the Michigan Digitization Project is to scan all of the 7.5 million print materials in the University's libraries by 2010. The tech- nology, developed by Google, can scan about 30,000 items a week. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Soccer player Wallet stolen injured WHERE: Mitchell Field WHEN: Wednesday at about 11:15 p.m. WHAT: A University student playingsoccer at Mitchell Field injured her leg, University Police reported. Vending machine vandalized WHERE: G.G. Brown Labora- tories WHEN: Wednesday at about 9:30 a.m. WHAT: Various snack items were stolen from avend- ing machine in the building, University Police reported. It appears as if someone shook the treats from the machine sometime between Sept. 8 and Sept.l11. Police have no sus- pects WHERE: Engineering Resi- dence Building II, 2200 Bon- isteel Blvd WHEN: Wednesday at about 2:30 a.m. WHAT: A Kenneth Cole wal- let was stolen from the house, University Police reported. The wallet was taken some- time between 9:45 a.m. and 9:50 a.m. Police have no sus- pects. Police search for Arb trespassers WHERE: Nicholas Arboretum WHEN: Wednesday at about 11:45 p.m. WHAT: Several nearby resi- dents called police to complain of noise in the arboretum, University Police reported. Police responded to the scene but could not find the trouble- makers. Former Polish President to talk on Europe WHAT: Former President of Poland and Georgetown University Prof. Aleksander Kwasniewski give lecture. The event serves as the kick- off for the new Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. WHO: Center for Russian and East European Studies WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: East Hall Audito- rium Mark Morris Dance troop performance WHAT: The Mark Morris Dance Group will perform. Tickets range in price from $20 to $48. WHO: University Musical Society WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m. WHERE: Power Center for Performing Arts Symphony opening concert WHAT: The free opening performance of the Univer- sity Symphony Orchestra will include Beethoven's Symphony No. 7and Michael Daugherty's Metropolis Symphony. A lecture will be given from 7:15 to 7:30 prior to the concert. WHO: University Symphony Orchestra WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m. WHERE: CORRECTIONS Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. available online. Earlier this month, the Uni- versity library announced that MBooks, will become part of the HathiTrust, a shared digital repository for University library content. This allows University stu- dents and faculty to have access to other books, journals and documents previously unavail- able through MBooks. Currently, books from the fifth floor of the Hatcher Gradu- ate Library are being scanned. The Dentistry Library, Taub- man Medical Library, Social Work Library, Art, Architec- ture and Engineering Library and large portions of the Buhr remote shelving facility have been completed. LINDYSTEVENSAND JULIE ROWE Sh V KOWTODAY A 30-ton transformer cooling the Large Had- ron Collider broke yes- terday forcing.scientists to suspend the most expensive science experiment in his- tory, The Associated Press reported. According to a study of University of Michigan students conducted by the Gamma Sigma Alpha National Greek Academic Honor Society, students who join a fraternity or sorority during their first semester of college performed better aca- demically than students who didn't join. >>FOR MORE, SEE PAGE 4 A tailor in Serbia is pre- paring to attempttobreak the world record for the largest pair of pants, Reuters . reported. 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