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PERSPECTIVES About the Author Gwen Glazer served as a 2010 Google Policy Fellow with the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy in Washington, D.C. She is a staff writer /editor and social media coordinator at Cornell University Library, and she earned her MLIS from Syracuse University's iSchool in May 2010. Acknowledgments The author would like to thank the many people who contributed to this project: Alan Inouye, OITP director, who provided invaluable ideas and guidance; Gavin Baker, Larra Clark, Jennifer Hendrix, Erica Pastore, Carrie Russell, Emily Sheketoff, and Jenni Terry, who commented on early drafts; Susan Currie, Barbara Berger Eden, Christine Lind Hage, Dottie Hiebing, Wei Jeng -Chu, Maribeth Krupczak, Janet McCue, Vivian Pisano, Marijke Visser, Timothy Vollmer, and Amanda Wilson for their helpful discussions and suggestions; Staff at the Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, Council on Library and Information Resources, and several statewide consortia, who graciously participated in conversations and e -mail exchanges during the early phases of this project; The directors and librarians at the institutions featured in the case studies; All the survey respondents and library staff across the country who opened the metaphorical doors to their public libraries' collections and digitization challenges; Carla DeMello, graphic designer at Cornell University Library, for the image on the first page of this paper; and Staff and leadership at Cornell's library for their flexibility and generous support. Special thanks to the Google Policy Fellowship program for the opportunities, freedom, and funding that made this entire endeavor possible. The Office for Information Technology Policy acknowledges the American Library Association for its financial support. The opinions articulated in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funder. 2011 American Library Association. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License, available at http: /creativecommons.org /licenses /by /3.0/. American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy 1615 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. First Floor Washington, D.C. 20009 Telephone 202- 628 -8410 Fax 202- 628 -8419 www.ala.org /oitp The Office for Information Technology Policy advocates for public policy that supports and encourages the efforts of libraries to ensure access to electronic information resources as a means of upholding the public's right to a free and open information society. 10 I Digitizing Hidden Collections in Public Libraries