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

[Perry Willett]

Just to clear this up, we're getting both image and OCR files from Google 
for each page. You'll see this specified in our agreement with Google on 
p. 4:
<http://www.lib.umich.edu/mdp/um-google-cooperative-agreement.pdf>

Perry Willett
Head, Digital Library Production Service
300 Hatcher North
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1205
Ph: 734-764-8074
Fax: 734-647-6897
Email: pwillett at umich.edu

> ------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:07:43 -0700
> From: Karen Coyle <kcoyle at kcoyle.net>
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Google Allows Downloads of out-of-copyright
> Books
>
> Interesting example. If you go to page 1 you get a message saying "This
> page does not contain any text recoverable by the OCR engine." Is it
> possible that Michigan is providing OCR "on the fly?"