[Web4lib] Google Book Search and interlibrary loan practice?

[Dan Ream]

I agree with Robert's question/ point--Google books in pdf are great for 
lookups or chapter reading,
but are users actually satisfied with a 200-page or longer pdf when they 
request a book?

I have enjoyed reading a full novel on the newer version of the Kindle, 
but still
tend the think most library users don't have a Kindle and those that do 
would rather
not pay Amazon to convert a pdf file.

--Dan Ream
   Virginia Commonwealth University


Robert Balliot wrote:
> Was ILL in the original format requested still an option, or was it a
> scanned book or nothing at all?
>
> This<http://books.google.com/books?id=xNo1AAAAMAAJ&dq=rembrandt%20paintings&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=1970&as_brr=1&pg=PA957#v=onepage&q=&f=false>
>  does
> not equal the book.
>
> R. Balliot
> http://oceanstatelibrarian.com
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:44 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> A couple of days ago a doctoral student mentioned to me that she'd had an
>> ILL request cancelled by her university library because the full text of
>> the book in question was available via Google Book Search (GBS).
>>
>> I'd never thought of that before. Just wondering how many libraries are
>> checking GBS before going ahead with an ILL request?
>>
>> Bernie Sloan
>>
>>
>>
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