Having an Espresso Book Machine helps our users connect with content in the ways most useful to them. We are committed to providing free online access to as much of the Library’s content as is legally possible, both through our own scanning initiatives and large-scale digitization efforts such as the Google library project. Most of our digital content also resides in its original print form in our stacks, for normal check-out or interlibrary loan. But sometimes, the format that’s most desired or helpful is a printed copy that one can own outright. The EBM helps us maximize the reprint potential inherent in the thousands of digital files residing in our repository, in a quick and cost-effective way.