Hello everyone! I am in Chicago today for the CIC Google Book project. Some interesting articles to read on the Project:
(Edited to add: This is what happens when you bank blog content! I unfortunately never made it there---big travel snafu at O'Hare. A hugely interesting project nevertheless....)
(Edited to add: This is what happens when you bank blog content! I unfortunately never made it there---big travel snafu at O'Hare. A hugely interesting project nevertheless....)
- Toobin, Jeffrey. Google's Moon Shot. New Yorker (February 5, 2007).
- Smith, Charles Edward. A Few Thoughts on the Google Books Library Project. EDUCAUSE Quarterly (No. 1) 2008.
- Some news on the entirety of Google Books being made accessible to students with visual disabilities.
- And finally, a view of how the Google Books API looks in a library catalog record. (note the "preview in Google link) (via if:book)
Check out the Little Professor's blog for her take on Google Books: http://littleprofessor.typepad.com/the_little_professor/