Building on an already robust library of characters and backgrounds, GoAnimate’s new political collection provides an opportunity for marketers to join the election conversation in a rich media way. Today, without drawing, downloading a program, or...
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Google Desktop has long supported third-party plugins, and if you haven't visited the plugins library lately, it's worth a visit. Three of the new features Google considers "major" enhancements, but several other new features requested by users...
BBC Money Programme Documentary On Google - The BBC's Money Programme did a big look at Google that runs the range of all things Google, from the company's start to issues such as controversy over Google's library scanning program and click fraud...
Via Searchblog, I read the excerpts from a speech by the President of the University of Michigan, Mary Sue Coleman, about Google Book Search or to be more specific Google's Library Program. As a librarian, I'm thrilled that the potential for people...
Over on ResourceShelf we've posted about Libraries411.com, a new mashup that combines public library location info (and more) for more than 20,000 libraries in the US and Canada and mashes the info with both Google Maps or Yahoo Maps.
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In reality, this book wasn't scanned through the library program. No need to visit the library to find that copyrighted book. As I've said many times in 2005, many libraries like the San Francisco Public Library offer access to this service for FREE!
Google Print Now Publishing Out-Of-Copyright Works Gained Through Library Scanning Program To this day, Google Book Search (the material direct from publishers) and the Google Library Project are frequently confused.
Google Catalogs is/was not only useful (save a tree kind of thing) but also a great demo of ocr scanning technology that I would think has some place in the Google Book Search/Google Library Project. Since we're on the topic of useful scanned...
All you need is a library card from a library that offers NetLibrary services. Every library offers a different collection of NetLibrary materials just like every physical library offers its own collection of physical books, magazines and other...
Legal Issues for Google Library Project in Europe - The Information World Review (IWR is a VNU publication) article: Google digitisation faces Euro legal challenge, reports on Google's book digitisation project (the Google Library Project to be...
For example, the San Francisco Public Library offers a collection of NetLibrary materials that you "virtually" checkout from the collection. All you need is a library card from a library that offers NetLibrary services.
Google patents on CD, using Google patents to push domain names, upcoming debates over Google Print's library scanning program, a flap about Yahoo rewarding employees for kicking some Google tush, cool comparison charts of search and portal...
This is not the same thing as the Google Library scanning program that has caused lots of attention and that will only show "snippets" of scanned in-copyright library materials. Last week, we posted details about these programs (Amazon Pages and...
It would help if Google gave the library program -- which at the moment seems to be called the Library Program, Google's library digitization project. It is difficult for anyone to understand the differences between the publisher program, the...
Google Print is now publishing the full-text of public domain/out-of-copyright print works it has acquired through the Google Print library scanning project. Postscript: The British Library and MSN said the will work together to digitise around...
Every library that provides a copy of the book for scanning will also recieve a file for local use. Then, some (but not all of this material, depending on the library and the actual content) will be available as part of the OCA database.
I mentioned both of these services (available from home via many libraries) in my original post about the Google Library Program. Back in June, we blogged about a trade group of German publishers considering their own book digitization program.
