McGill University Library becomes first Canadian content provider to participate in Digitize on Demand and Kirtasbooks.com

McGill University Library has announced a partnership with Kirtas Technologies and its Canadian partner Ristech, which will allow students, faculty and the general public to request to have books scanned and made available through the new Digitize on Demand program. "It's an exciting time for the Library as we embark on a new era of services. With this innovative technology we can reveal our collections through user-driven digitization and distribution," Janine Schmidt, Trenholme Director of Libraries at McGill, said. "The partnership with Kirtas advances the Library's interest in improving scholarly access to its collections." The program will offer books that are difficult to find, because they are generally out of print. They are also in the public domain, meaning that there are no copyright restrictions