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The Universidad Complutense Madrid (http://www.ucm.es) has become the first library in continental Europe and in a non-English speaking country to join the 2-year-old Google Book Search program. With 3 million volumes, the Complutense Library is the second largest in Spain, following only the National Library. This addition will greatly expand Google Book Search’s Spanish language holdings, but the library also has holdings in French, German, Latin, Italian, and English, writes Susanne Bjørner athttp://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb061009-1.shtmlThough significant, the Complutense project is not the first large digitization project to make Spanish literature freely available. The article mentions the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (http://www.cervantesvirtual.com) but the following list can demonstrate that Spanish Rare book libraries are in Europe the leaders of mass digitizations of old books.Digital Libraries of Rare Books in Spainhttp://wiki.netbib.de/coma/DigiSpainUpdated version of the EXLIBRIS messagehttp://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/exlibris/2004/03/msg00065.htmlThe following link collection (without comments) is dedicated to the Public DomainPlease note that most of the Digital Libraries contain a lot of early modern latin works (partly listed in Dana Sutton's Neolatin Bibliographyhttp://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/bibliography )Directory of Resourceshttp://www.mcu.es/roai/en/comunidades/registros.cmdSee alsohttp://patrimonio.red.es/iniciativas/descargas/proyectos_digitalizacion.pdfBiblioteca Miguel de Cervanteshttp://www.cervantesvirtual.com/biblioteca_facsimil.shtmlMany latin works, including incunabula (Gutenberg bible!)Collection Biblioteca de Catalunya:http://www.bnc.es/digital/cercacat.php?categoria=FDIGBiskaia's Provincial Libraryhttp://bibliotecaforal.bizkaia.net/screens/bibdigital.htmlLarge (2000+ books)! E.g. 30+ incunabulaSee also http://extern.historicum.net/liwi/2006/liwi2006-32.htm (in German)Biblioteca Complutense Madridhttp://cisne.sim.ucm.es/search*spi~S4/e?SEARCH=biblioteca+digitalhttp://www.ucm.es/BUCM/foa/dioscorides.htm (list of works)2500 titles, mainly history of medicine, including 100+ incunabulaBiblioteca virtual de Andaluciahttp://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/bibliotecavirtualandaluciaIncluding 100+ incunabula from Andalusian librariesSee http://www.sfn.historicum.net/links/2005/liwi2005-21.htm  (German)University Library Sevillahttp://www.fondoantiguo.us.es/obras (list of works)55 works mostly incunabulaSee now the new page: http://fondotesis.us.es/books270+ incunabula, ca. 180 XVIth century books and moreGerman comment: http://log.netbib.de/archives/2006/03/14/sevillaSevilla Law Library: Pixelegishttp://bib.us.es/guiaspormaterias/ayuda_invest/derecho/pixelegis.htm84 (March 2004: 30+, March 2005: 130+, March 2006: 360+) works, a few latin works, the other mostly in Spanish. No incunabula.Sevilla: Biblioteca Digital de la Biblioteca de las Facultades de Filología etc.http://bib.us.es/guiaspormaterias/ayuda_invest/fgh/bibliotecas/bl_fgh_digital.asp50+, all SpanishUniversity Library Valenciahttp://digitheka.uv.esVery Large! 170+ incunabulaWarning: The server is down since several weeks (Sept. 2004)Update (Oct. 2004): Works can be viewed again but it seems difficult to locate them in the catalog (filtering with "Biblioteca Digital" doesn't work).March 2006: not availableSee now: http://lubna.uv.es:83July 2006: available again at http://bibliothek.uv.esSee also http://bibliothek.uv.es/search*spi/X?t:(*)&#38;searchscope=6&#38;Da=&#38;Db=&#38;SORT=DBiblioteca Valenciana BIVALDIhttp://bv2.gva.es/default.phpMostly books of local interest - free registration required! A few incunabula.University Library Granadahttp://web.archive.org/web/20050228055747/http://www.ugr.es/~biblio/libros_electronicos/adrasteatitulos.html(list not complete)Large!March 2005: The items are not available since months.January 2006: Thanks to Nikolaus Jaspert the books can be seen againPlease note that the list above is not complete, you have to use also the OPAC of the Fondo Antiguo athttp://adrastea.ugr.es/search*spi~S2Now with 100+ (?) incunabula, see e.g. the following searchhttp://adrastea.ugr.es/search*spi/gIBE+4164/gibe+4164/-26,-1,0,B/browseAccording tohttp://www.mcu.es/roai/en/comunidades/registro.cmd?id=634300 books in 2005See also http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005394 (in Spanish)Spanish National Libraryhttp://www.bne.es/cgi-bin/wsirtex?FOR=WBNCONS4302 (Mar 2006; 11 Mar 2004: 234) books before 1830, many in Latin.University Murcia: Biblioteca Digital Floridablancahttp://www.um.es/biblioteca/bibl_electr/fondo_antiguo/index.htmlSome latin saec. XVI"Fundación San Millán de la Cogolla"http://www.fsanmillan.es/biblioteca/biblioteca.jsp212 books, a few incunabulaSee the German commenthttp://log.netbib.de/archives/2004/08/04/fundacin-san-milln-de-la-cogollaFundación Sancho el Sabiohttp://www.euskadi.net/LiburutegiDigitala38 early modern titles in latin, no incunabula, but mss.See the German commenthttp://log.netbib.de/archives/2004/08/04/baskischesDigital Library of Galiciahttp://www.csbg.org/bibliotecadixital/asp/index.aspIncluding some latin worksNote that you need a specific TIFF-viewerBIVIDA: Laws of Aragonhttp://www.bivida.esLarge (1800+ works)! Including latin works since saec. 16University Library Barcelona - Fons Grewehttp://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/grewe.htm40+ Cookbooks (saec. 16-18) in European languagesLiteratura Emblemática Hispánicahttp://rosalia.dc.fi.udc.es/cicyt/index.htmlSee the German commenthttp://log.netbib.de/archives/2005/08/23/spanische-emblembucherRoyal Botanical Garden Madridhttp://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/index.phpMostly saec. 19Yuste Digitalhttp://www.yustedigital.com/principal/indexframe.asp20+ books (saec. XVI/XVIII), some latinUrbanismhttp://www.cehopu.cedex.es/es/biblioteca_dl.php?ID_col=1Spanish books incl. incunabulaCastilla La Manchahttp://www.uclm.es/ceclm/virtual/libros/index.htm3 Spanish books before 1800Catálogo y Biblioteca Digital de Relaciones de Sucesos (siglos XVI-XVIII)http://rosalia.dc.fi.udc.es/RelacionesSucesosBusqueda/MainPage.jspSome digitized copies (too small!) from the Biblioteca Xeral de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, SpanishUA Biblioteca de derechohttp://biblioteca.uam.es/paginas/Derecho/bibdigital.html3 books, one German