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

[Perry Willett]

We've been concentrating on releasing our access system first, so we 
haven't thought much about it. I don't think there's any issue about 
whether our agreement with Google will allow us--I think it's something we 
are allowed to do. The sheer volume of the task is daunting, however.

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


On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Karen Coyle wrote:

> Thank you. And I am SO glad the Michigan shows the underlying text (which 
> Google doesn't -- at least not currently). Seeing the text, which is the 
> input to the index, will help librarians and power users better understand 
> search results and to formulate strategies for searching. OCR has some 
> quirks, and seeing them can only help.
>
> Another thought: any chance that Michigan (or any other Google libraries) 
> will take on the task of correcting the OCR? (Assuming they have the right to 
> do so.)
>
> kc
>
> Perry Willett wrote:
>> 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?"
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