Microsoft announced that the University of California and University of Toronto Libraries will be participating in the Windows Live Book Search program. Both the universities will be digitizing "primarily out-of-copyright books" for Microsoft.
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.
Book digitization has been going on at the University of Toronto Libraries for some time. Adobe Systems Inc.and several university libraries. In fact, I wrote about scanning at UT and included a link to a video of the scanning robot almost a year ago.
Digital Libraries' April issue features two articles about social bookmarking services. In this post, my look at why thinking libraries are stuck in some type of Dewey Decimal System morass isn't correct.
Ten large libraries are taking part in the project including the Carnegie Mellon University Library, The Library of Congress, and the University of Toronto Library. You can even view a movie of their book scanning machine at the University of...
Ten large libraries are taking part in the project including the Carnegie Mellon University Library, The Library of Congress, and the University of Toronto Library. You can even view a movie of their book scanning machine at the University of...
Today, the Information World Review article: Internet Archive to build alternative to Google has more details.large libraries are taking part in the project including the Carnegie Mellon University Library, The Library of Congress, and the...
The undertaking will create a free-to-read, searchable digital library the approximate size of the combined libraries at Carnegie Mellon University, and one much bigger than the holdings of any high school library.
