Looks like the [1] Million Book Project has just launched. Through an international effort between universities in the US, China, India and Egypt, some 1.5 million books have been digitized and made available online for free. A [2] recent article quotes one of the project directors: “Digital libraries constitute an essential part of the future of the developing world.” While the new accessibility creates new possibilities for learning and education, there is still a question that needs to be asked: what was the decision-making process behind the selection of materials to be digitized?