Google to Digitize Madrid Library

Complutense University in Madrid has signed an agreement with Google to enable the search giant to scan its library of 3 million works, becoming the first non-english library to join the Google Book Project. Spanish-language books including those from Cervantes and Sor Juana Ines will be digitized, along with thousands of works in French, German, Latin, Italian and English.

Google's controversial project involves digitizing both copyrighted and public domain books. Users are then able to search through the volumes and read a limited amount of text from those that are not freely available. Users can also read the full text of books out of copyright. Madrid joins current Google partners the universities of Michigan and California, Harvard, Oxford, Stanford, as well as the New York Public Library.