CIC Currents
June 13, 2007  volume 5, number 2

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CIC AND GOOGLE TO DIGITIZE 10 MILLION VOLUMES

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has announced a collective agreement to digitize select collections across all its libraries, up to 10 million volumes, as part of the Google Book Search project. 

“This library digitization agreement is one of the largest cooperative actions of its kind in higher education,” said CIC chairman Lawrence Dumas, provost of Northwestern University. "We have a collective ambition to share resources and work together to preserve and index the world’s printed treasures.” Follow this link to see the documents related to the CIC Google partnership, including the press release, agreement, FAQ and other information.

COURSESHARE UPDATE

The first year of the CourseShare project, supported by the CIC Deans of Arts and Sciences, produced eleven courses shared during AY06-07 with an enrollment of 189 students. Plans are in place for 18 shared courses for fall 2007 in diverse areas such as Linguistics, Chemical Informatics, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Phonological Disorders, and 12 courses in Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL’s). View a recent news video on CourseShare from a Champaign-Urbana television station. For more information, visit the CIC CourseShare Web page.

CIC EMAIL AND WEB ADDRESS TO CHANGE JULY 9

On July 9th, the domain for all CIC staff email addresses will change from "@uiuc.edu" to the new domain "@staff.cic.net". In addition, the official CIC web address will change to www.cic.net on that date.

CIC MEETING SCHEDULE

For full information, visit our Web calendar.
Many CIC meetings are convened at the
Big Ten Athletic Conference Headquarters.
Directions to the Big Ten Headquarters
are available on the CIC web site.

In this issue…

• CIC and Google announce partnership
• Director' s Message
• CIC mission, vision, direction
• Academic Leadership Program update
• CourseShare update
• CIC email addresses and URL to change on July 9
• Upcoming conferences
• Meeting schedule

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

"This partnership between our 12 member universities and Google is unprecedented. What makes this work so exciting is that we will literally open the pages of millions of books that have been assembled on our library shelves over more than a century. " --Barbara McFadden Allen
Read more at CIC/Google Library Digitization Information Page

ABOUT US: The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) is a consortium of twelve world-class research universities committed to advancing their missions by sharing expertise, leveraging campus resources and collaborating on innovative programs.

CIC MISSION, VISION, DIRECTION
The CIC's Strategic Directions for 2007-2010 encapsulates the mission, vision, areas of focus and operating principles that drive the CIC.  

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CULTIVATES CAMPUS LEADERS

The CIC Academic Leadership Program has rounded out its 17th year with seminars at Purdue, Ohio State and University of Wisconsin.The program works to encourage, inspire and educate people who have shown the potential to be higher education leaders. Read a news story from Purdue University.

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June 13, 2007
Karen Singer, Editor