The New York Library
Initiative: Libraries fueling literacy, learning, innovation and growth
Statewide Internet
Library(NOVELNYPilot
Project)
State investment in information
resources will grow the NOVELNY pilot project and will develop
New York’s information
infrastructure by fueling a powerful Statewide Internet Library to
serve higher education, research and development, the business community,
and students.The Statewide Internet
Library will provide
free access to thousands of current publications, plus health, business,
news and consumer information –authoritative copyrighted information that
is not freely available on the general Internet or via search engines like
Google. ($10
million annually)