The Bush II regime was happy to sign a law requiring libraries and bookstores to submit lists of names of people who bought or checked out books on particular topics, complete with an automatic gag order that prevented anyone discussing the order...
Additionally, they will have agreements with libraries to provide access to Google Books. Rightsholders also have the ability to limit what Google previews in book search results. The Google Book Settlement has finally been revised.
Today, together with the authors, publishers, and libraries, we have been able to make a great leap in this endeavor," said Sergey Brin, co-founder & president of technology at Google. Institutional Subscriptions to Millions of Books Online...
Gary Price of ResourceShelf Wins SLA President's Citation Posted by Kevin Heisler Jun 17, 2008 The former news editor of Search Engine Watch just won one of the nation's most prestigious awards granted to library professionals at the annual...
Only Searchable At Your LibraryWhile I'm a big fan of libraries and even remote access for patrons, it's troubling that the public-at-large cannot access these holdings -- or quickly discover them through commonly used search engines.
For example, coming up with ways to help utilize some of the library world's content, and just letting people know what libraries have to offer, and how can we work together with libraries. So, Ask.com is very happy with me just going out and...
In research with kids, InfoSpace found that almost half of tweens rely on the Internet as their top information source vs.who use libraries as their number one source. Similarly if you conduct a search for pop-singer "Madonna" on Windows Live image...
Many people might use the same computer (such as computers in libraries, universities, and Internet cafes); therefore, the personal data is often inaccurate and does little to enhance the search experience.
Yahoo Censorship In China, Not So Much - Google's blogging about how it is supporting the 25th anniversary of the American Library Association's Banned Book Week by posting information about novels that have been challenged or banned from being...
Google's blogging (and here) about how it is supporting the 25th anniversary of the American Library Association's Banned Book Week by posting information about novels that have been challenged or banned from being in libraries within the...
Google will be funding "the scanning of "several million" of the 34 million titles in the University of California's libraries. University of California Joins Google's Book Scan ProjectReuters reports that the University of California is working...
Reuters reports that Google will be funding "the scanning of "several million" of the 34 million titles in the University of California's libraries. As expected the University of California is partnering with Google on the Google library scanning...
Google signed agreements with publishing houses, instead of libraries (as Baidu has), including publishers named Tsinghua The People's Daily Online reports that Google will be launching an on-line book search service in China.
Google signed agreements with publishing houses, instead of libraries (as Baidu has), including publishers named Tsinghua The People's Daily Online reports that Google will be launching an on-line book search service in China.
Google signed agreements with publishing houses, instead of libraries (as Baidu has), including publishers named Tsinghua University Press and the Children's Publishing House. The People's Daily Online reports that Google will be launching an on...
Postscript: Google argues with U.K.publishers over digital libraries from News.com covers publishers in the UK making new attacks against the program. French publisher sues Google for piracy from AFP and French book publisher sues Google from the...
An increasing number of librarians and libraries are using IM in their day to day enquiry work, and I'm beginning to see IM details included on library home pages for example. As a searcher I don't want to be tied to a book, a desk or a...
In only about five years, search engines had ousted things like friends, family, books, magazines, libraries and other perfectly good resources for seeking answers. Between Google Book Search Leads To Linking, Indexing Dispute: Book publishers...
Despite the capital letters and bolding, expect that many will begin saying that Google is now illegally selling books that it has scanned from libraries, just as many incorrectly say Google is reprinting scanned books online (they aren't).
OAIster is an index to academically-oriented "digital resources" available for free from close to 600 libraries and other organizations. Likewise, entries from the Google Book Search database also appear in Google Scholar results, along with a link...
