Some of us wondered about this when we saw it announced. Ben Bunnell of Google wrote to clarify, saying that it wasn't an effort to be a digital archive platform but rather an effort to highlight them. They followed up with this blog post:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/explore-yad-vashems-holocaust-archives.html
On Mar 4, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Grotke, Abigail wrote:
> I dug through unread listserv messages today and noticed this - this is probably old news for others but I found it mildly interesting on a friday afternoon. Does being a helped-by-google collection count as preservation? :)
> It's a little hard to tell if they are hosting the site, or helped with the tools, or what.
> Abbie
> From: Laura Deal [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> Anyone heard more about this? I can't seem to find an official announcement from Google itself, but Google has a submission form up for archives to submit applications. I wonder if this is a sign that Google is considering a major "Google Archives/Manuscripts" project, a la Google Books?
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> https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/google.com/viewform?formkey=dHk5S2l3d1p0dlR4dFVJS0FnRHBobEE6MQ&ndplr=1
> Interested in archiving with Google?
> If you have a digital archive that's important to world history and culture and you'd like to present it online using Google tools, we'd like to hear from you. Please complete the form below. Please note, we will only be able to reply to qualified candidates whom we have the capacity to support in the near term.
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> Laura Deal
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