Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), June 7th, 2007
Byline: Mary Jane Smetanka; Staff Writer
In 1913, Father Francis Jager was hired to teach in the University of Minnesota's Division of Bee Culture. The priest stayed for 15 years, and shortly after he left he sold his precious collection of bee and beekeeping books to the U libraries.
Now, all of the world will be able to read them.
On Wednesday, the U was one of 12 Midwestern universities that announced they are joining Google's project to put every book in the world online. Google will scan up to 1 million books from the U and up to 10 million books from Big Ten institutions and the Uni...
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