University of Michigan, Google Continue to Scan Books
by Bradley Gula
April 28th, 2008 in Ann Arbor, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Literature
As you may remember, the University of Michigan has joined Google in its quest to scan the world’s every book. A daunting task, for sure. But this Salon article (via the AP) details the “dimly lit back room on the second level of the University of Michigan library’s book-shelving department” where the most fragile of books are being processed.
600 pages are scanned manually, then added to Google’s Book Search portal. The site will eventually house, the company hopes, each of the estimated 50 to 100 million books in the world.
Through Book Search, users can track down a book on any topic they’re interested in and read a small portion. If the book’s not protected by copyright, users can download the whole thing. If it is, or if they just want to read an original, they can use Book Search to find copies to buy or borrow.
Read the rest to learn how centuries-old literature is being preserved and brought to the digital world.
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