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Google Library Used To Undercut Google
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Google Library Used To Undercut Google
Print 06/17/2005 03:33 PM
Last month, in discussing how publisher s were angry at Google for its book scanning project, we noted that Google had decided to scan some books without the publisher's permission, citing fair use rights. It turns out the situation is a bit more complex. What really appears to have happened is the collis ion of two different book scanning projects. The first, Google Print, was where Google partnered with publishers and promised them that the scanned books would (a) help sell more books and (b) more importantly, allow them to get ad revenue associated with contextual ads alongside any pages that people viewed. However, soon afterwards, Google tied this project with their Google Library project, where they were partnering with libraries to scan all of their books. In those cases, there was no revenue sharing argument. The benefit for the libraries is that Google pays the expense of digitizing their entire collection, which the library then gets to use. Of course, there's a potential conflict here, as Google can scan a library book, even though the publisher of the book refused to take part in Google Print -- or, even if they agreed to take part, but now they won't get the revenue share from the ads. In some sense, again, it comes down to a question of "ownership." The publishers view ownership from the intellectual property point of view, saying that they own the words, and no one can do anything with them without permission. The libraries, on the other hand, are viewing ownership in the more tangible sense, along with the right of first sale -- saying that, if they own the physical books, they should have the rights to do what they want with them. It's a fine line, of course, but given the way the courts have been acting lately, it would seem likely that they would side with the publishers -- and claim that the libraries were violating the publishers' rights in digitizing the books in the first place.

The Library of Google

The Library of Google 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
>> http://azeem.azhar.co.uk/archives/000261.php >> http://blog.mediacooperative.com/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=3379 Google's been very friendly towards the blog community, as evidenced most recently by their plans (stated...

Google Becomes a Library?

Google Becomes a Library? 12/19/2004 03:06 PM
Got to tell you, the news about Google helping to digitize books from various libraries is just not that shocking to me. The reality that Google now has some deep pockets and they are wanting to make impressions in all the right areas has never been so apparent. Now for those of you wondering, Google is not going to be doing this monumental effort just for a stack of romance novels. Nope, instead they are… Direct and Related Links for 'Google Becomes a Library?'

Google Library

Google Library 12/19/2004 03:41 PM
Google Library As has been reported quite widely, Google has begun a massive digitization project with five libraries: Stanford University (all 8M) University of Michigan (all 7M) Harvard University (pilot of 40,000 out of 15M) New York Public Library (pilot; expand to 20M) Oxford's Bodleian Library (1M public domain) The total covered by existing agreements is said to be 15 million. Each is estimated to cost $10 to scan. Stanford's scanning unit is said to be able to do 100,000 pages a day. Oxford's scanning unit is said to be able to do 10,000 books per week. If all of them are that speed then by my math it will take a little over five years to scan them all. Similarly, the University of Michigan says the project will take six years. Most agreements indicate that the hosting library will get a digital copy of their books, which apparently they will then host for their users. In addition, Google will throw all the books into its Google Print service. Some books are already available through the service. For example, Books and Culture is an out-of-copyright book from 1896. Note that unlike a publisher-submitted book, you can easily link to or view any page: the cover, the University of Michigan bookplate, page 50, the U of M checkout slip, the back cover. You can also search the full text leading to a standard Google results page with links and snippets. Click on any of the links and the resulting page will highlight your search terms, just like Google Catalog. Sadly, it seems the only thing not available is the full text of the books. However, it is pretty easy to get the underlying images of the pages (tho not as easy as simply looking at the page, alas) so one could certainly OCR it themselves if they liked, although it'd likely not be as good as Google's work. Things look much worse for in-copyright books. For example, The Role of GATT in Relation to Trade and Development was only published in 1964 and is apparently in-copyright. One can thus only get back practically useless snippets while the fat-cats at Google have the whole thing. Fortunately, "Google is negotiating with various publishers to facilitate arrangements to make works more easily accessible while providing appropriate protections for copyright holders" for in-copyright library books. It will be interesting to see how much success they have. It's not clear how to search Google for just library books, or even just books, or to find out how many they have, but here are the handful I know about, all from U. of M. (books published after 1923 are copyrighted): Darwin, and After Darwin (1906) True Stories of Pioneer Life (1924) Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (C) The Return of the Middle Class (1922) The Role of GATT in Relation to Trade and Development (1964) Books and Culture (1896) A New View of Society & Other Writings (1927) Do you hold the copyright on a book? Does your book have an ISBN? If you answered yes to both these questions, you don't have to wait for all this. You can simply sign up to Google Print, send Google a copy of your book, and they'll scan it in and OCR it for you for free! Then they'll send you checks with all the money your book makes through ads! So please do it! Please? A closing thought. Much of the discussion around this endeavor has focused on its effect for the largely-affluent and privileged children who go to the major universities from which the books are taken. Will they stop going to the library? Will they miss the smell of dead trees? Will they be able to do research more efficiently? With all due respect, this is the wrong group to think about. The real beneficiaries of this scanning should be the less fortunate people around the world who barely have access to a library, let alone a world-class one. Let us scan these books for them....

Is Google Faster Than The Library?

Is Google Faster Than The Library? 05/06/2004 02:53 AM
When you need to find out some information, these days, most people turn to a search engine first. Is that the smartest choice? The Guardian has decided to do a very informal test to see just how effective Googl e is in answering certain questions, compared to a well-connected person on a phone and someone in a library. The basic answer is that it depends on what you're looking for. It also appears to depend on how good you are with Google, how strong your personal phonable network is, or how adept you are at finding info in the library. However, it is worth pointing out that Google isn't always the best place to go. In the informal test, Google was only the fastest half of the time - and wasn't always accurate. Of course, if someone were to run the same test again tomorrow with different people and different questions (or, hell, even the same people with the same questions), the results might be completely different.

Is Google Watching Your Library Visits?

Is Google Watching Your Library Visits? 02/01/2005 10:05 PM
Google-Watch: Appeal to the American Library Association. Google-Watch points out the frightening possibility that Google's personally identifiable cookie could allow the FBI to see what books you read using Google Library. Other problems with the Google Library project include the fact that the agreements are not available and possibly contain restrictive requirements about how the library can used the scanned copies of the books....

Google Library: Peril for Publishers?

Google Library: Peril for Publishers? 06/17/2005 07:22 PM

Old Search Engine, the Library, Tries to
Fit Into a Google World

Old Search Engine, the Library, Tries to
Fit Into a Google World 06/20/2004 10:05 PM
Librarians have increasingly seen people use online search sites not to supplement research libraries but to replace them.

Privacy issues with Google library
search? Not!

Privacy issues with Google library
search? Not! 06/22/2005 02:06 AM
This definitely goes under the category of Life on Other Planets. Anyone who thinks that what Google is doing is inherently more evil than what happens at any brick and mortar library must have been watching ‘The Matrix’ a few too many times. The author, Elinor Mills, seems to think that some horrific breach of privacy is involved. No doubt she never visits real libraries, with their card files full of personally identifiable customer lists… Direct and Related Links for 'Privacy issues with Google library search? Not!'

Google to announce library database
collaborations

Google to announce library database
collaborations 12/19/2004 03:46 PM
Google plans to announce agreements with five major libraries to begin the digitization of holdings that will be available for online searches.

Google Puts Library Collections Online

Google Puts Library Collections Online 12/19/2004 03:06 PM
Search technology pioneer Google is archiving the collections from some of the world's leading libraries, putting millions of volumes at the fingertips of Internet users.

Google Turns a New Page with Digital
Library Project

Google Turns a New Page with Digital
Library Project 12/19/2004 03:06 PM
Google announced an agreement Tuesday with Oxford University and some leading U.S. research libraries to begin converting their holdings into digital files searchable over the Web.

Using Google Scholar at Georgia State
University Library

Using Google Scholar at Georgia State
University Library 12/22/2004 01:27 AM
The Georgia State University Library has a very nice page on using Google Scholar at http://www.library.gsu.edu/googlescholar/. Find the reference in Google, find it locally, and if you need help consult...

French To Provide Alternative To Google
Library Project

French To Provide Alternative To Google
Library Project 03/17/2005 03:49 AM
Addict3d.org Mar 17 2005 7:48AM GMT

Hey, Your Library's Books Are in My
Google. No, Your Google Is in My Library
Books.

Hey, Your Library's Books Are in My
Google. No, Your Google Is in My Library
Books. 12/19/2004 03:36 PM

So the big< /a> news is about Google and libraries. I don't feel the need to comment on this right now, as you can find plenty of other places for that. However, here are a few angles I haven't seen discussed elsewhere in the library blogosphere.

• Librari es and the Internet
  
  "More broadly, the Internet can profoundly improve the relationship between libraries and society. For example, there are two major libraries in my town -- a college library, and a public library. My library card works in both places. I used to favor the college library, because there was open WiFi access there -- which meant, among other things, that I could use LibraryLookup from my laptop to find books in the stacks. Recently, though, the college shut down its open access point. And from an IT administrator's point of view, I can understand why. Not long after, the public library installed an open access point. So now it's my favorite spot, and lately I notice other mobile professionals congregating there too." [Jon Udell's Weblog
  (Click over to read Jon's story about getting locked in the library, too!)


• "A quick calculation using the figures above suggests an average scan rate of 3200 volumes per day (assuming 365 days/year for 6 years) at the University of Michigan site alone." [Tito Sierra on the WEB4 LIB mailing list]


• "An even quicker calculation shows that they will need to digitize 2.25 books _a_minute_, 24 hours/day, 365 days/year to digitize 7 million volumes in six years." [Roy Tennant on the WEB4 LIB mailing list]

It's times like this when I wish Karen Coyle had< /a> a blog.

"RipDigital is a bulk CD-ripping
operation: send them your CD library and
they'll ship your library back in MP3
format"

"RipDigital is a bulk CD-ripping
operation: send them your CD library and
they'll ship your library back in MP3
format" 01/12/2004 02:57 AM

Delicious Library 1.0: Easy, Fun Library
Software Catalogs Your Media

Delicious Library 1.0: Easy, Fun Library
Software Catalogs Your Media 03/17/2005 03:10 AM

In addition to being useful and easy to use, it's just plain fun. By Mathew Honan, Macworld

Denver Public Library Launches New
Digital Library

Denver Public Library Launches New
Digital Library 05/06/2004 05:47 AM
Denver Public Library Launches New Digital Library
http://snipurl.com/65h2

Denver Public Library?s new online service is giving city residents access to popular eBooks directly from their homes and offices. The Library serves over a half-million residents and 80% of the city?s population has a library card and access to the new service. ?This is an exciting opportunity to provide eBooks to the city,? said Michelle Jeske, Manager of Web Information Services. ?This year, we saw a 24% increase in the number of online library transactions. eBooks that can be downloaded from our website fit very well with this kind of public demand,? she added.

State Library of Tasmania: Image Library

State Library of Tasmania: Image Library 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
State Library of Tasmania, Heritage Collection Image Library.

Google’s Library Project: Questions,
Questions, Questions

Google’s Library Project: Questions,
Questions, Questions 01/03/2005 07:10 PM

Busted For Using Library Wi-Fi Outside
The Library

Busted For Using Library Wi-Fi Outside
The Library 09/01/2004 06:32 AM

World's Largest Online Library Joins
ISTE in Promoting Technology in
Education - Questia Online Library and
Research Service Joins ISTE 100

World's Largest Online Library Joins
ISTE in Promoting Technology in
Education - Questia Online Library and
Research Service Joins ISTE 100 06/14/2004 02:07 AM
Questia, world's largest online library and research service joins ISTE 100 to promote effective use of technology in the classroom. [PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]

British Library Launches British Library
Direct

British Library Launches British Library
Direct 06/05/2005 11:20 PM
The British Library has announced British Library Direct, which is a pay-as-you-go service that offers nine million articles from 20,000 international research journals. These articles go back five years, and...

Google IPO, Google Foundation (Google
Webl0g)

Google IPO, Google Foundation (Google
Webl0g) 04/30/2004 04:57 AM
Letter from the Google founders .. the Google blog has more .. it begins

google.blogspace.com/archives/001216
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E-Library v2.7

E-Library v2.7 11/14/2003 08:03 AM
E-Library helps you organize your books. You can store information such as author, title, genre, year and more. [Freeware 2.95 MB]

MMC Library

MMC Library 04/28/2004 08:41 AM
Release 1.6.5 is available for download

.NET MSN Library

.NET MSN Library 09/19/2004 10:03 AM
NOW ! dotnetMSN 1.0.2 with a sampl App

Library 2.1

Library 2.1 06/02/2004 04:44 PM
Library lets you catalog your books easily in a nice, Mac-like interface.

GD Library

GD Library 10/29/2003 12:11 AM
If you are interested in creating images at runtime using PHP then this is the tutorial for you.

TCB::Library 1.1

TCB::Library 1.1 05/19/2004 06:00 PM
A database-backed book library package for DBIx::Frame.

Library in the Sky

Library in the Sky 11/10/2003 10:51 PM
Library in the Sky - Educational Web Resources
http://www.nwrel.org/sky/

The Library in the Sky is a database of interesting and useful educational Web sites for those involved in education. Find the information you want through the Search, User Tabs, by Department, or Materials. Currently there are 1546 educational Web sites listed in the Library in the Sky. Search the entire database of resource links, or narrow your search to those Web sites that will most likely be of interest to you.

MS CHM library 0.35

MS CHM library 0.35 06/29/2004 02:28 AM
A library for reading Microsoft .CHM files.

G.A. Library

G.A. Library 04/11/2004 08:04 AM
C++ compilation and deletion within infinite vectors

GNU C library 2.3.2

GNU C library 2.3.2 03/15/2003 04:27 AM
The C library used in the GNU system.

"New library"

"New library" 04/12/2005 05:29 AM

MS CHM library 0.33

MS CHM library 0.33 05/06/2004 10:19 AM
A library for reading Microsoft .CHM files.

MLS library

MLS library 06/20/2004 12:55 PM
libmls1-0.3 released

MXP Library 0.1

MXP Library 0.1 05/23/2004 03:21 PM
A library to parse MXP (MUD Extension Protocol) streams.

Yed - Yet another C library

Yed - Yet another C library 12/09/2003 07:23 AM
Yed 1.2.1 released
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