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Library Science Talk: Google Book Search: improving discoverability of content in the digital age
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Europe/Zurich
TH Auditorium (CERN)
TH Auditorium
CERN
Description
In 2004, Google started Google Book Search, comprising two very widely discussed projects both aimed at making available a large body of content that until now was not online. These projects are Google Book Search for Publishers and the Google Book Search Library project.
The goal of these projects is to improve access to information and cultural heritage.
Each of the projects aims to help users find links to relevant books in addition to Internet links in response to search terms and to display relevant sections of those found. Contents are not duplicated: the user cannot print, save or download the data.
Google is co-operating with thousands of publishers in the Google Book Search for Publishers project. Books from participating publishers are scanned and made searchable free of charge to both publishers and users. Excerpts (snippets) are made available online and links provided to bookshops, publishers or online sales points as appropriate. Google sees Google Book Search for Publishers as an excellent tool to promote books.
Currently, 5 major libraries are co-operating closely with Google in the library project (New York Public Library, the university libraries of Stanford, Harvard, Oxford and Michigan). This program concentrates on scanning and making searchable books that are in public domain. A large part of these libraries' holdings will be digitised, thus improving access to old and rare items of cultural heritage.
These projects have given rise to intensive media discussion with questions such as: in what ways can an Internet company influence the media scene? What do these activities mean for the future of publishers and libraries?
Mr. Redmer will describe the projects in more detail and address these and other questions.
Library Science Talk programme 2006: http://librarysciencetalks.web.cern.ch/librarysciencetalks/
For more information please contact Susanne.Schaefer@cern.ch
The goal of these projects is to improve access to information and cultural heritage.
Each of the projects aims to help users find links to relevant books in addition to Internet links in response to search terms and to display relevant sections of those found. Contents are not duplicated: the user cannot print, save or download the data.
Google is co-operating with thousands of publishers in the Google Book Search for Publishers project. Books from participating publishers are scanned and made searchable free of charge to both publishers and users. Excerpts (snippets) are made available online and links provided to bookshops, publishers or online sales points as appropriate. Google sees Google Book Search for Publishers as an excellent tool to promote books.
Currently, 5 major libraries are co-operating closely with Google in the library project (New York Public Library, the university libraries of Stanford, Harvard, Oxford and Michigan). This program concentrates on scanning and making searchable books that are in public domain. A large part of these libraries' holdings will be digitised, thus improving access to old and rare items of cultural heritage.
These projects have given rise to intensive media discussion with questions such as: in what ways can an Internet company influence the media scene? What do these activities mean for the future of publishers and libraries?
Mr. Redmer will describe the projects in more detail and address these and other questions.
Library Science Talk programme 2006: http://librarysciencetalks.web.cern.ch/librarysciencetalks/
For more information please contact Susanne.Schaefer@cern.ch
