More good news for online learners...Microsoft and Yale University recently reached an agreement to digitize books from the university library. Wired University shares the details of the book scanning project:

"Yale will start by scanning 100,000 of its English-language books that are out of copyright, according to a news statement.

Microsoft is sparring with two other groups in what has become a crowded book-scanning marketplace."

Microsoft's book search will compete against Google Books. As book scanning becomes more competitive, we benefit from more available texts and more features. In a few years, perhaps online learners will be able to use the internet to access most of the books they need.