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[pcplantdb] Google, libraries hook up for Internet project - Dec. 14, 2004
- From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
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- Subject: [pcplantdb] Google, libraries hook up for Internet project - Dec. 14, 2004
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:49:03 -0800
<http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/14/technology/personaltech/google_books/index.htm?cnn=yes>
Ambitious plan calls for scanning all books at several libraries into a
searchable database.
December 14, 2004: 1:03 PM EST
ATLANTA (CNN) - The old library card catalogue took a step further into cyberspace Tuesday, with Google and the libraries of four universities and the city of New York announcing a partnership with the potential to make millions of books available and searchable online.
The University of Michigan and Stanford -- alma mater of the search engine giant's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin -- are the only libraries to agree to have all of their contents scanned and uploaded to Google's vast cyber-library, but more seem certain to follow.
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- [pcplantdb] Google, libraries hook up for Internet project - Dec. 14, 2004, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 12/14/2004
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