[Web4lib] RE: Google Allows Downloads of out-of-copyright Books

[Riley, Jenn]

Wow, this is a new wrinkle! This is the first I've heard of books *not*
digitized by Google but by the partner libraries themselves showing up
in the Google service. Something to look into further, I suppose.

Jenn

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Jenn Riley
Metadata Librarian
Digital Library Program
Indiana University - Bloomington
Wells Library E170
(812) 856-5759
www.dlib.indiana.edu

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Sheppard [mailto:bsheppard at library.wisc.edu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:20 PM
> To: Riley, Jenn
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] RE: Google Allows Downloads of 
> out-of-copyright Books
> 
> Jenn, it's from Michigan, scanned as part of ongoing 
> preservation efforts. I gather Google gets a copy of these.
> http://name.umdl.umich.edu/ABR0624.0001.001
> 
> Here, you can't very easily download the whole book, but you 
> can view the full text (dirty OCR).
> And you can order a print-on-demand copy.
> 
> -Brian
> 
> On August 30, at 11:55 AM, Riley, Jenn wrote:
> 
> > I'm wondering about the specific book Leslie linked to below 
> > (Flatland).
> > On p. 2 of the downloaded PDF, it says "Scanned by Imagenes 
> Digitales, 
> > Nogales, AZ. On behalf of Preservation Division, The University of 
> > Michigan Libraries." This whole page looks like something Michigan 
> > would include in their own digitization. Is this a Google scan or a 
> > Michigan scan? Does anyone know what's up?
> >
> > Jenn
> >
> >
> >> Message: 23
> >> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:02:11 -0400
> >> From: Leslie Johnston <johnston at virginia.edu>
> >> Subject: [Web4lib] Google Allows Downloads of 
> out-of-copyright Books
> >> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> >> Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.0.20060830110110.02d52520 at virginia.edu>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >>
> >> All,
> >>
> >>> Google is adding a feature to its Google Book Search 
> service today 
> >>> to allow PDF downloads of out-of-copyright books.
> >>
> >> http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/30/google-allows-downloads-o
> > f-out-of-copyright-books/
> >>
> >> It's definitely not consistently available yet, but here's an
> >> example:
> >>
> >> http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC18938030&id=HKackp-vG-YC
> > &pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=abbott+flatland
> >>
> >> Sometimes it's full view only, sometimes it's download only, and 
> >> sometimes there are both options.  The service is 
> launching today, so 
> >> I don't know if this is a bug or a feature ...
> >>
> >> Leslie
> >>
> >> ------------
> >> Leslie Johnston
> >> Head, Digital Access Services
> >> University of Virginia Library
> >> http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/
> >> http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/das/
> >> johnston at virginia.edu
> >>
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