Kelly offers some interesting stats about the current progress of various large-scale book scanning projects that we've written about at Search Engine Watch, such as Google Print, the Yahoo and Microsoft-backed Open Content Alliance, The Internet...
Of course, let's not forget that late last year we learned that Yahoo, Microsoft, RLG, and others are supporting another large digitization (books and other materials) effort called The Open Content Alliance that's being led by Brewster Kahle.
He has also added the "first demo batch" of books from the Open Library, sponsored by the Open Content Alliance. As I've said many times before, NetLibrary and many other databases are accessible for free from home, dorm, office, or anywhere else...
The Internet Archive, Yahoo & MSN-Backed Open Content Alliance And what about the Open Content Alliance, which has a goal very similar to that of the WDL. As for the content included in the WDL, the Library of Congress plans to draw from its own...
She is one of about a dozen scanners employed by the Internet Archive, a San Francisco nonprofit group that is spearheading the Open Content Alliance, a consortium of business and educational groups that includes Microsoft Corp.
A New Digital Library Alliance Makes its Debut (Open Content Alliance) Not only does SITB provide searchable content from thousands of books but it also provides (in many cases) extra info about each title (concordances, reading level, and more).
A New Digital Library Alliance Makes its Debut - Yahoo, The Internet Archive and several other organizations announced the formation of the Open Content Alliance to make thousands of books, multimedia files and other materials freely searchable...
The Open Content Alliance is launching today, with plans to make thousands of books, multimedia files and other materials freely searchable and accessible and online. Unlike Google Print, however, anyone adding content to the Open Content Alliance...
Yahoo, The Internet Archive and several other organizations announced the formation of the Open Content Alliance (OCA) to make thousands of books, multimedia files and other materials freely searchable and accessible online.
BlinkxTV Inks Deal with iFilm - iFilm, the treasure chest of viral videos, music videos, short films, and more has announced a content deal with Blinkx that will make its database accessible via the BlinkxTV video search engine.
Library provides a means to see if there's a local library near you that carries the paper or book, through the Open WorldCat program. The goal is to allow and enable users to search over scholarly content," said Anurag Acharya, a Google engineer...
