From Google Print to Google Book Search: The Controversial Initiative and Its Impact on Other Remarkable Digitization Projects |
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| Authors: | Robert J Lackie MLIS |
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| Institution: | Franklin F. Moore Library , Rider University , Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648 E-mail: rlackie@rider.edu |
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| Abstract: | Google's initiative to scan and add book content into its search engine has resulted in much praise and protest. Changing its digitization project's name from Google Print to Google Book Search and adding information to its site did not keep Google out of copyright court. However, publicity surrounding this project has spawned renewed interest in book digitization projects, with collaborative efforts quickly growing. This article will look at Book Search's history, highlight how it has been altered along with its name, and point out other interesting book digitization projects that Book Search has spawned or recently brought into the limelight, such as those associated with the Internet Archive. |
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| Keywords: | Digitization full-text books Google Book Search Internet Archive collaboration |
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