Four more universities have joined the orphan works effort spearheaded by the University of Michigan; they will make books identified as orphans available digitally to their own students, faculty, and affiliates.
Meanwhile, in France, the publisher La Martinière joined Hachette Livre in cutting a voluntary deal with Google for the scanning and sale of its books.
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The Cornell University press release linked above does not mention the University of California system that also signed on to the HathiTrust initiative. ( UC Libraries expand access to orphan works ) With this in mind: Budget Pinched, UC-San Diego Libraries Will Get Rid of 150,000 Books