Google to collaborate with University Libraries...

If this ever pans out, I'm cancelling my life. I'll be glued to my computer until death...

The dream of instant, free access to centuries' worth of learning moved a huge step closer to reality yesterday under an agreement between Google and some of the world's top libraries to put their holdings online.
The internet giant unveiled plans to scan millions of books currently on the stacks of libraries, including the Bodleian at Oxford University, and make their contents available at the click of a computer mouse.