The University of Michigan Library releases 4,180 texts from the second phase of its Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP) project

The University of Michigan Library has announced the release of 4,180 texts from the second phase of its Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP) project. The Text Creation Partnership produced these texts in collaboration with ProQuest, and they are available immediately to EEBO-TCP Phase II partners. The entire EEBO-TCP archive is now available, where anyone may search, browse, and explore the corpus. Access to the full text of EEBO-TCP digital editions is restricted to partner institutions for a limited period - about 10 years from their initial release - as per TCP's agreement with ProQuest. However, all TCP-created titles will eventually enter the public domain, and will be freely available to scholars, researchers, and readers everywhere, in keeping with the University of Michigan Library's commitment to the creation of open access cultural heritage archives. The TCP is still accepting new library partners for EEBO-TCP Phase II. Partners jointly fund the creation of new texts, and so have a direct impact on the success of the project. The production of new texts is ongoing, and semi-annual updates will be made to the corpus over the course of the project