Michigan State University (MSU) library Director Cliff Haka is in the midst of searching through reference collections that might land MSU a place in Google’s $90 million information-sharing project.
The search engine giant is looking to invest $90 million in a project that will put pieces of some of the largest university’s libraries on-line. In May, Google announced that MSU would be one of 12 universities considered for the 
project.
This doesn’t mean that MSU is guaranteed a spot in the collections. Librarians have to sift through MSU’s materials, find the ones they believe will be most relevant to the project and present them to Google. If Google thinks the material is relevant, it will be included.
Right now, Google is gathering information at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Even though Google’s rubbing elbows with MSU’s biggest rival, Haka is looking for collections that might bring Google here. Haka says Google might be interested in some of MSU’s agricultural references.
“We anticipate that the first truck will roll up to the next library probably by the middle of next summer,” says Haka.
Source: Cliff Haka, Michigan State University
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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