ITR/IM: The Million Book Project

百万册图书项目是一项多国倡议，旨在创建一个至少百万册图书和手稿的数字在线档案，任何人都可以随时免费获得。 它将通过使大量的学术信息可以在网上免费阅读来加强研究、学习和教学。 它将支持公民对实用信息和娱乐性阅读的需求，并支持奖学金和教育。 印度，可能还有中国，将为扫描中心提供人力，而美国将为扫描中心提供人力。S.提供设备和软件。 这个试点项目为最初的几个扫描中心提供了启动资金。

The Million Book project is a multinational initiative to create a digital online archive of at least amillion books and manuscripts freely available to anyone at any time. It will enhance research,learning and teaching by making a critical mass of scholarly information freely available toread online. It will support the needs of citizens for practical information and recreational readingas well as supporting scholarship and education. India, and possibly China, will supply the manpowerfor scanning centers while the U. S. provides equipment and software. This pilot project suppliesthe startup money for the first few scanning centers.