Gary Price, Google Partners with Oxford, Harvard & Others to Digitize Libraries, SearchDay, December 14, 2004. Excerpt (focusing on aspects omitted from other accounts): 'Google has no plans to introduce a Google Print "only" search interface. Google Print results appear in the "OneBox" area at the top of Google search result pages, in much the same way that news headlines or products from Froogle appear in response to relevant queries. However, tools have been created to help isolate Google Print material. Books that are scanned from either library's collection will also have a direct link to find the book in a local library (along with links to purchase the book) using OCLC Open Worldcat data. Other books (materials not scanned from the library collections) will not have the "Find it in A Library" link available. Searching by subject (using a controlled vocabulary) is not available, at least at launch....[Adam] Smith [Google Product Manager] told us that out-of copyright material will be available in full text, though printing will be disabled when viewing this content.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/14/2004 10:28:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
