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.
In this article, I made sure to mention other digitization projects like Project Gutenberg that have been around since 1971. Legal Experts Say Google Library Digitization Project Likely OK; Will It Revolve Around Snippets?
The Library of Congress already has experience in digitization through the two aforementioned programs. There's no timeline for that or for when actual digitization will begin other than "as quickly as possible," Lamolinara said.
Top Stories + More From The Search Engine Watch Blog + Daily SearchCast: Search News Via Podcast + Our Search Newsletters Joins Open Content Alliance - Microsoft, yes good old Gates, Ballmer and crew, are getting in on the online books...
Top Stories + More From The Search Engine Watch Blog + Daily SearchCast: Search News Via Podcast + Our Search Newsletters Joins Open Content Alliance - Microsoft, yes good old Gates, Ballmer and crew, are getting in on the online books...
It organizes and
lists thousands of books (including Gutenberg content and now some Google Print
content) from many digitization projects. Postscript 3: Let's not forget about other book digitization projects
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I've said time and time again that Google Print and now MSN Book Search just a few of the large book digitization players. Microsoft, yes good old Gates, Ballmer and crew, are getting in on the online books digitization game and more.
Well, it appears that Google will be heading to court, again, over their Google Library book digitization program. This is the second time (that we know of) that Google has been taken to court over the library digitization program.
Want More on the Google Print and Book Digitization? Project Gutenberg Founder on Digitization, ebooks and the OCA Launch What Harvard Library director Sidney Verba likes most about working with Google is the link next to search results that lets...
Project Gutenberg Founder on Digitization, ebooks and the OCA Launch Government's FirstGov.gov portal, with MSN Search playing a key role in the new service. TrustWatch & MSN Offer Anti-Phishing Tools To Searchers & Surfers - TrustWatch is a new...
Project Gutenberg, this book digitization project that creates "ebooks" has been going strong for almost 35 years (that's like a millennium in online info time). I am wondering of the news media will give the same kind of coverage to a second such...
The press release also contains a quote from Sally Morris, Chief Executive of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), and someone who Danny Sullivan has chatted with on the Search Engine Watch blog about...