– 7,000,000: Volumes in the U-M library to be digitized.
– 2,380,000,000: Estimated number of pages.
– 743,750,000,000: Estimated number of words.
– 1,600: Years it would take U-M to digitize all 7 million volumes without Google’s special technology.
– Fewer than 7: Years it will take to digitize the volumes with Google’s technology.
– $1 billion: Estimated value of the project to U-M.
Source: John Wilkin, associate university librarian, library information technology and technical and access services, University of Michigan
U-M’s entire library to be put on Google – Detroit Free Press