[Web4lib] Germany and full text book searching

[mmitchel at brazosport.edu]

At 03:02 PM 5/26/05 -0400, ahaigh wrote:
>Did anyone announce how to make this a Digest?
>
>--Adam Haigh
>U. Pgh.


A digest of Volltextsuche Online? No, I don't think so. Any suggestions Adam?

Mike Mitchell
Brazosport College
Lake Jackson, TX



>Karen Coyle wrote:
>
>> I think it's a smart move on the part of the publishers to do this 
>> themselves, thus heading off an effort like Google that is done without 
>> publisher input. It will be interesting to see if it has "user friendly" 
>> features that equal those of Google. This reminds me of the argument 
>> that if the music publishers had been more future-thinking they might 
>> have averted the p2p movement by satisfying customer needs for online 
>> content. We never know if that's really true, but this German case may 
>> give us some idea.
>> 
>> kc
>> 
>> Sloan, Bernie wrote:
>> 
>>> Looks like the German book industry is setting up its own version of
>>> Google Print and Amazon's "search within a book" feature: "Volltextsuche
>>> online"
>>>
>>> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/59940
>>> Bernie Sloan
>>> Senior Library Information Systems Consultant, ILCSO
>>> University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
>>> 616 E. Green Street, Suite 213
>>> Champaign, IL  61820
>>>
>>> Phone: (217) 333-4895
>>> Fax:   (217) 265-0454
>>> E-mail: bernies at uillinois.edu
>>>