The document summarizes the Google Books Library Project, which scans books from library collections to make their contents searchable online. It describes the different types of previews users can see, including full views for public domain works and snippets for copyrighted books. It then discusses various perspectives on the project, including criticisms that it amounts to theft of copyrighted works, praise for increasing access, and concerns about its implications. The document concludes by examining issues for libraries in deciding whether to partner with Google.
Overview of oss(open source software library) and its pros and consYuga Priya Satheesh
This document discusses the pros and cons of using open source software in libraries. It begins with an introduction to open source software and licenses. Popular open source software used in libraries are then outlined, including integrated library management systems (ILMS) like Koha and Evergreen, digital library software like DSpace and Greenstone, content management systems like Drupal and Joomla, and learning management systems like Moodle. The benefits of open source software for libraries are lower costs, easier licensing, better quality control through community involvement, customizability, and ample support resources. Potential drawbacks include less personal support, lack of training and expertise, need for technical skills to maintain the software, and lack of scalability in some cases. The
Web Publishing: An Overview of Tools and Servicekilmeny21
This document provides an overview of the basic tools and resources needed for web publishing. It discusses important terms like HTML, URLs, and browsers. It also outlines the different types of applications that can be used to create web pages, such as text editors, HTML editors, WYSIWYG editors, and Microsoft Office applications. Additional tools for site maintenance and file transfer are also covered. The document concludes with information on viewing web pages over HTTP and resources for web development training at Indiana University.
A presentation on select international digital library initiatives by Rupesh Kumar A, Assistant Professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Karnataka, India.
The document discusses the inner workings of the Google search engine. It begins with facts about Google's founding and history. It then explains the basic components of how any search engine works, including web crawlers that index pages, and how keywords are matched to search results. The bulk of the document focuses on Google's specific architecture, including its web crawler called Googlebot, its indexer that catalogs words in a database, and its query processor that matches searches to relevant pages based on factors like PageRank. It also discusses related topics like search engine optimization techniques and using "Google digging" to refine searches.
Internet search engines like Google and Yahoo use programs called robots or spiders to search web pages for keywords and provide ranked search results. Google's search technology is based on PageRank, which analyzes links between websites to determine importance, while Yahoo uses its own Search Technology to analyze features of web pages like text and links. Both Google and Yahoo have large databases of web pages that are updated daily and can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection to search for information on a variety of topics.
This document discusses how search engines work and provides tips for effective searching. It explains that search engines like Google use web crawlers to index web pages and search the content, tags, and links to provide relevant results. It outlines the major search engines and some alternative engines. The document also provides examples of advanced search techniques on Google, such as searching for exact phrases, excluding words, and searching within websites or file types. Finally, it discusses when not to use search engines and provides tips for managing information found online.
This document discusses search engines and provides information on their definition, history, importance, types and how to use them. It describes how search engines work by using automated software programs called spiders or crawlers to travel the web and index pages to create a searchable database. The first search tools were Archie in 1990 and Veronica and Jughead in 1991. Search engines are important because they allow users to easily find needed information from the vast web. The main types are crawler-based like Google and Yahoo, directory-based which rely on human editors, hybrid which use both, and meta search engines that search multiple databases at once. Examples are provided of search engine features and how to perform advanced searches using operators.
Library databases are online resources subscribed to by libraries that contain articles, newspapers, journals, and reference materials. They provide focused, in-depth coverage of academic disciplines. In contrast, Google Scholar broadly searches scholarly literature without filters. While accessible online, library database content comes from real print sources and includes full-text articles not always found through general searches. They are curated resources paid for by libraries to support research.
Overview of oss(open source software library) and its pros and consYuga Priya Satheesh
This document discusses the pros and cons of using open source software in libraries. It begins with an introduction to open source software and licenses. Popular open source software used in libraries are then outlined, including integrated library management systems (ILMS) like Koha and Evergreen, digital library software like DSpace and Greenstone, content management systems like Drupal and Joomla, and learning management systems like Moodle. The benefits of open source software for libraries are lower costs, easier licensing, better quality control through community involvement, customizability, and ample support resources. Potential drawbacks include less personal support, lack of training and expertise, need for technical skills to maintain the software, and lack of scalability in some cases. The
Web Publishing: An Overview of Tools and Servicekilmeny21
This document provides an overview of the basic tools and resources needed for web publishing. It discusses important terms like HTML, URLs, and browsers. It also outlines the different types of applications that can be used to create web pages, such as text editors, HTML editors, WYSIWYG editors, and Microsoft Office applications. Additional tools for site maintenance and file transfer are also covered. The document concludes with information on viewing web pages over HTTP and resources for web development training at Indiana University.
A presentation on select international digital library initiatives by Rupesh Kumar A, Assistant Professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Karnataka, India.
The document discusses the inner workings of the Google search engine. It begins with facts about Google's founding and history. It then explains the basic components of how any search engine works, including web crawlers that index pages, and how keywords are matched to search results. The bulk of the document focuses on Google's specific architecture, including its web crawler called Googlebot, its indexer that catalogs words in a database, and its query processor that matches searches to relevant pages based on factors like PageRank. It also discusses related topics like search engine optimization techniques and using "Google digging" to refine searches.
Internet search engines like Google and Yahoo use programs called robots or spiders to search web pages for keywords and provide ranked search results. Google's search technology is based on PageRank, which analyzes links between websites to determine importance, while Yahoo uses its own Search Technology to analyze features of web pages like text and links. Both Google and Yahoo have large databases of web pages that are updated daily and can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection to search for information on a variety of topics.
This document discusses how search engines work and provides tips for effective searching. It explains that search engines like Google use web crawlers to index web pages and search the content, tags, and links to provide relevant results. It outlines the major search engines and some alternative engines. The document also provides examples of advanced search techniques on Google, such as searching for exact phrases, excluding words, and searching within websites or file types. Finally, it discusses when not to use search engines and provides tips for managing information found online.
This document discusses search engines and provides information on their definition, history, importance, types and how to use them. It describes how search engines work by using automated software programs called spiders or crawlers to travel the web and index pages to create a searchable database. The first search tools were Archie in 1990 and Veronica and Jughead in 1991. Search engines are important because they allow users to easily find needed information from the vast web. The main types are crawler-based like Google and Yahoo, directory-based which rely on human editors, hybrid which use both, and meta search engines that search multiple databases at once. Examples are provided of search engine features and how to perform advanced searches using operators.
Library databases are online resources subscribed to by libraries that contain articles, newspapers, journals, and reference materials. They provide focused, in-depth coverage of academic disciplines. In contrast, Google Scholar broadly searches scholarly literature without filters. While accessible online, library database content comes from real print sources and includes full-text articles not always found through general searches. They are curated resources paid for by libraries to support research.
This document discusses digital libraries and their characteristics. It notes that digital libraries provide access to an enormous number of digitized texts and tools. They allow access to information 24/7 through a school's intranet system. However, issues like copyright, standards, and ensuring equitable access must be addressed. The document also compares digital libraries to traditional libraries and outlines some potential advantages and disadvantages of digital libraries for education.
Introduction
What Is RSS ?
History
RSS Feeds
Use of RSS feeds in Library Science
RSS Feeds and Library Resources
Who should use RSS
Advantages of RSS
Disadvantages of RSS
Conclusion
References
Current awareness service a contemporary issue in digital era - anil mishraAnil Mishra
Current Awareness Services (CAS) provide important information to keep professionals informed in their fields. Traditionally, CAS involved selecting and disseminating newly available documents. With digital technologies, CAS delivery has shifted to be more personalized and timely. Effective CAS know the topics, users, information sources, and deliver the right information to the right user in the right format in a reliable and cost-effective manner. Common forms of CAS discussed include current awareness lists, selective dissemination of information, press clippings, research in progress announcements, and electronic methods like newsletters, blogs, RSS feeds, and mobile alerts.
The document discusses the evolution of the World Wide Web from Web 1.0 to the current Web 2.0 to the future Web 3.0 or Semantic Web. Web 1.0 consisted of static pages and limited user interaction. Web 2.0 enabled user-generated content and more dynamic functionality through sites like Facebook. The Semantic Web, as envisioned by Tim Berners-Lee, aims to make web content machine-readable through technologies like URIs, XML, and ontologies to allow for more intelligent searching and connections between information. The document provides examples to illustrate the differences between each stage of the web's evolution.
JeromeDL is a digital library built on semantic web technologies that aims to integrate and interconnect information from different sources. It allows users to semantically search and browse content, and also contribute annotations and social metadata. JeromeDL supports various bibliographic metadata formats and delivers semantic services like semantic search, collaborative filtering, and communication between digital library instances. Evaluations found JeromeDL can complete some tasks up to 50% faster than other services by automating processes.
This document provides an overview of search engines, including what they are, how they work, and the evolution of major search engines over time. It discusses how search engines use web crawlers to index web pages and how they developed ranking algorithms to return relevant results. Key points include:
- Search engines allow users to find information on the internet through keyword searches. They index web pages using crawlers and return ranked results based on relevance and popularity.
- Major early search engines included AltaVista, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, and others. Google revolutionized search in 1998 with its PageRank algorithm that analyzed backlinks.
- Search engine algorithms consider many on-page and off-page
A digital library stores collections of information in digital formats that are accessible via computer networks. It provides an architecture to organize, integrate and transform scattered digital documents. Companies can use a digital library as the foundation for decision support systems to perform more accurate analyses. There are different types of digital libraries including document libraries containing books and reports, and data warehouses which combine and store vast amounts of historical reference data from multiple sources. While digital libraries provide benefits like unlimited access and storage, they also involve significant costs for conversion, maintenance and technical support.
Joomla is a popular open source content management system (CMS) that allows users to manage and organize content on a website without needing technical skills. It uses a simple architecture that separates the user interface from the business logic and data layers. Content is added and managed through a web-based administration panel. Joomla is commonly used for corporate websites, online magazines, e-commerce sites, and other applications. It provides features like user management, content organization, templates, and media management. To use Joomla, a server is needed that meets the minimum requirements of PHP, MySQL, and Apache. New sites can be created by downloading and installing Joomla through a simple process.
React Typescript for beginners: Translator app with Microsoft cognitive servicesFabio Biondi
During this talk, Eduard and I developed a simple application for the translation and sentiment analysis of a text in React, Typescript and through the use of Azure's cognitive services.
The document provides an introduction to HTML, covering topics such as what HTML is, how web pages work, common programs used to write HTML, how browsers display web pages, basic HTML tags, formatting of HTML documents, and more. Key points include:
- HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages
- Web pages are stored on servers and viewed in browsers using HTTP
- Popular programs for writing HTML include Notepad, Textpad, Dreamweaver
- Browsers fetch and display pages using HTML tags to control formatting
- Basic HTML tags include headings, paragraphs, line breaks, comments
- Links, images, backgrounds, and other elements are added using tags
This document provides an overview of search engines. It defines search engines as web tools that use automated software programs called spiders to crawl the web, following links and indexing pages to create a searchable database. The document discusses the history of search engines, including some of the earliest tools, and explains the importance of search engines for filtering the vast amount of online information. It describes different types of search engines such as crawler-based, directory-based, hybrid, and meta search engines. Finally, it provides tips for effective searching and concludes that the usefulness of a search engine depends on the relevance of the results it provides.
The document introduces the Semantic Web, which extends the current web by encoding additional metadata and meaning about web resources using formal knowledge representation languages. This allows machines to better understand and process web information, enabling computers and people to cooperate more effectively. Key aspects of the Semantic Web include uniquely identified resources connected by hyperlinks, metadata encoded using ontologies, and linked open data which makes data integration easier by publishing concepts, entities, and properties on the web. Examples are given of applications such as knowledge graphs, content publishing and integration, and social graphs.
Negotiation Power Skills Applied in Library Services ManagementShirley Ingles-Cruz
“Negotiation is a process of forming an agreement on how two parties should proceed and act in accordance with a potential trading agreement or customer/supplier relationship. (sales-evaluation.com)
“Negotiation is a field of knowledge and endeavor that focuses on gaining the favor of people from whom we want things.” (Cohen, Herb)
A weblog or blog is a web page that consists brief paragraphs of opinions, commentaries, description of events or other materials such as graphics or videos.
It is usually maintained by an individual.
Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order, which means the most recently added piece of information appears first.
Library blogs can be used for different purposes.
Blogs as an academic library services
New arrivals
CAS
Acts as a portal to web resources
News alerts
‘Ask the librarian’ and ‘suggest a book’ pages
Photos and videos of seminars, conferences, lectures etc.
Library blogs can be used for different purposes.
Blogs as an academic library services
New arrivals
CAS
Acts as a portal to web resources
News alerts
‘Ask the librarian’ and ‘suggest a book’ pages
Photos and videos of seminars, conferences, lectures etc.
meta search technology are search engine tools that pass quries on to many other search engines and then summerized all the resultsin one handy interface
Web front end development introduction to html css and javascriptMarc Huang
This document provides an introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for building websites. It discusses how websites work by connecting clients and servers, and compares making a website to writing a book by organizing content into pages. The document then covers the basic purposes and syntax of HTML for creating page content, CSS for styling, and JavaScript for interactivity. It provides many code examples and explains common elements, properties, and methods in each language to demonstrate basic front-end web development concepts and tools.
This document provides an overview of WordPress, including its history, working process, technologies, advantages, and disadvantages. WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that was created in 2003. It allows users to install themes and plugins, create and manage posts and pages, and add widgets. Some key advantages are that it is easy to design, customize, and make changes on, and is SEO friendly. Potential disadvantages include requiring design knowledge and having too many plugins to manage.
A quick look at the best PHP Frameworks.
- Why are Frameworks useful?
- What are PHP Frameworks?
- Why do developers prefer Frameworks?
- Structure/ MVC model
- CakePHP Vs Zend Framework 2 Vs CodeIgniter Vs Yii
This document provides an overview of search engines and how they work. It discusses the major components of search engines including spiders that crawl websites to index their content, the indexing process that analyzes websites and stores essential information, and the search engine program that matches user queries to indexed content. It also describes common search options available on most search engines like phrase searching, boolean operators, and searching by date or file type. Finally, it discusses related tools like meta search engines, desktop search programs, and ways to stay up-to-date on search engine developments.
This document discusses the structure and components of a URL, including:
- The URL begins with a protocol (http://) which indicates the type of connection (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and may also include security (https://).
- The domain name (www.pgce.soton.ac.uk) identifies the specific website and is composed of the subdomain (www), domain name (pgce.soton.ac.uk), and domain type (.ac.uk). Domain types indicate the organization (e.g. .ac.uk is for academic institutions) and country code (e.uk is United Kingdom).
- The file path (/IT/) specifies the location of the web page, similar
This document discusses Google Book Search (GBS), summarizing its history and functions. It describes how GBS originated from two Google projects - the Google Book Project and Google Library Project. The document outlines some of the criticism of GBS, such as concerns about scan quality, metadata accuracy, and copyright issues. It also reviews GBS search capabilities, including the ability to search full text as well as limitations around copyright. Overall, the document provides a high-level overview of GBS by examining its origins, capabilities, partnerships with libraries, and some of the challenges it faces.
This document provides an overview of Google Book Search (GBS), including:
1. It discusses how GBS works and its digitalization of copyrighted books, which raised legal issues around fair use and copyright.
2. It describes how GBS partners with libraries by allowing them to install APIs or partner directly with Google to improve search results.
3. It outlines a recent settlement between Google and authors/publishers that will create a Book Rights Registry to compensate rightsholders and allow limited access to out-of-print books.
This document discusses digital libraries and their characteristics. It notes that digital libraries provide access to an enormous number of digitized texts and tools. They allow access to information 24/7 through a school's intranet system. However, issues like copyright, standards, and ensuring equitable access must be addressed. The document also compares digital libraries to traditional libraries and outlines some potential advantages and disadvantages of digital libraries for education.
Introduction
What Is RSS ?
History
RSS Feeds
Use of RSS feeds in Library Science
RSS Feeds and Library Resources
Who should use RSS
Advantages of RSS
Disadvantages of RSS
Conclusion
References
Current awareness service a contemporary issue in digital era - anil mishraAnil Mishra
Current Awareness Services (CAS) provide important information to keep professionals informed in their fields. Traditionally, CAS involved selecting and disseminating newly available documents. With digital technologies, CAS delivery has shifted to be more personalized and timely. Effective CAS know the topics, users, information sources, and deliver the right information to the right user in the right format in a reliable and cost-effective manner. Common forms of CAS discussed include current awareness lists, selective dissemination of information, press clippings, research in progress announcements, and electronic methods like newsletters, blogs, RSS feeds, and mobile alerts.
The document discusses the evolution of the World Wide Web from Web 1.0 to the current Web 2.0 to the future Web 3.0 or Semantic Web. Web 1.0 consisted of static pages and limited user interaction. Web 2.0 enabled user-generated content and more dynamic functionality through sites like Facebook. The Semantic Web, as envisioned by Tim Berners-Lee, aims to make web content machine-readable through technologies like URIs, XML, and ontologies to allow for more intelligent searching and connections between information. The document provides examples to illustrate the differences between each stage of the web's evolution.
JeromeDL is a digital library built on semantic web technologies that aims to integrate and interconnect information from different sources. It allows users to semantically search and browse content, and also contribute annotations and social metadata. JeromeDL supports various bibliographic metadata formats and delivers semantic services like semantic search, collaborative filtering, and communication between digital library instances. Evaluations found JeromeDL can complete some tasks up to 50% faster than other services by automating processes.
This document provides an overview of search engines, including what they are, how they work, and the evolution of major search engines over time. It discusses how search engines use web crawlers to index web pages and how they developed ranking algorithms to return relevant results. Key points include:
- Search engines allow users to find information on the internet through keyword searches. They index web pages using crawlers and return ranked results based on relevance and popularity.
- Major early search engines included AltaVista, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, and others. Google revolutionized search in 1998 with its PageRank algorithm that analyzed backlinks.
- Search engine algorithms consider many on-page and off-page
A digital library stores collections of information in digital formats that are accessible via computer networks. It provides an architecture to organize, integrate and transform scattered digital documents. Companies can use a digital library as the foundation for decision support systems to perform more accurate analyses. There are different types of digital libraries including document libraries containing books and reports, and data warehouses which combine and store vast amounts of historical reference data from multiple sources. While digital libraries provide benefits like unlimited access and storage, they also involve significant costs for conversion, maintenance and technical support.
Joomla is a popular open source content management system (CMS) that allows users to manage and organize content on a website without needing technical skills. It uses a simple architecture that separates the user interface from the business logic and data layers. Content is added and managed through a web-based administration panel. Joomla is commonly used for corporate websites, online magazines, e-commerce sites, and other applications. It provides features like user management, content organization, templates, and media management. To use Joomla, a server is needed that meets the minimum requirements of PHP, MySQL, and Apache. New sites can be created by downloading and installing Joomla through a simple process.
React Typescript for beginners: Translator app with Microsoft cognitive servicesFabio Biondi
During this talk, Eduard and I developed a simple application for the translation and sentiment analysis of a text in React, Typescript and through the use of Azure's cognitive services.
The document provides an introduction to HTML, covering topics such as what HTML is, how web pages work, common programs used to write HTML, how browsers display web pages, basic HTML tags, formatting of HTML documents, and more. Key points include:
- HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages
- Web pages are stored on servers and viewed in browsers using HTTP
- Popular programs for writing HTML include Notepad, Textpad, Dreamweaver
- Browsers fetch and display pages using HTML tags to control formatting
- Basic HTML tags include headings, paragraphs, line breaks, comments
- Links, images, backgrounds, and other elements are added using tags
This document provides an overview of search engines. It defines search engines as web tools that use automated software programs called spiders to crawl the web, following links and indexing pages to create a searchable database. The document discusses the history of search engines, including some of the earliest tools, and explains the importance of search engines for filtering the vast amount of online information. It describes different types of search engines such as crawler-based, directory-based, hybrid, and meta search engines. Finally, it provides tips for effective searching and concludes that the usefulness of a search engine depends on the relevance of the results it provides.
The document introduces the Semantic Web, which extends the current web by encoding additional metadata and meaning about web resources using formal knowledge representation languages. This allows machines to better understand and process web information, enabling computers and people to cooperate more effectively. Key aspects of the Semantic Web include uniquely identified resources connected by hyperlinks, metadata encoded using ontologies, and linked open data which makes data integration easier by publishing concepts, entities, and properties on the web. Examples are given of applications such as knowledge graphs, content publishing and integration, and social graphs.
Negotiation Power Skills Applied in Library Services ManagementShirley Ingles-Cruz
“Negotiation is a process of forming an agreement on how two parties should proceed and act in accordance with a potential trading agreement or customer/supplier relationship. (sales-evaluation.com)
“Negotiation is a field of knowledge and endeavor that focuses on gaining the favor of people from whom we want things.” (Cohen, Herb)
A weblog or blog is a web page that consists brief paragraphs of opinions, commentaries, description of events or other materials such as graphics or videos.
It is usually maintained by an individual.
Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order, which means the most recently added piece of information appears first.
Library blogs can be used for different purposes.
Blogs as an academic library services
New arrivals
CAS
Acts as a portal to web resources
News alerts
‘Ask the librarian’ and ‘suggest a book’ pages
Photos and videos of seminars, conferences, lectures etc.
Library blogs can be used for different purposes.
Blogs as an academic library services
New arrivals
CAS
Acts as a portal to web resources
News alerts
‘Ask the librarian’ and ‘suggest a book’ pages
Photos and videos of seminars, conferences, lectures etc.
meta search technology are search engine tools that pass quries on to many other search engines and then summerized all the resultsin one handy interface
Web front end development introduction to html css and javascriptMarc Huang
This document provides an introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for building websites. It discusses how websites work by connecting clients and servers, and compares making a website to writing a book by organizing content into pages. The document then covers the basic purposes and syntax of HTML for creating page content, CSS for styling, and JavaScript for interactivity. It provides many code examples and explains common elements, properties, and methods in each language to demonstrate basic front-end web development concepts and tools.
This document provides an overview of WordPress, including its history, working process, technologies, advantages, and disadvantages. WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that was created in 2003. It allows users to install themes and plugins, create and manage posts and pages, and add widgets. Some key advantages are that it is easy to design, customize, and make changes on, and is SEO friendly. Potential disadvantages include requiring design knowledge and having too many plugins to manage.
A quick look at the best PHP Frameworks.
- Why are Frameworks useful?
- What are PHP Frameworks?
- Why do developers prefer Frameworks?
- Structure/ MVC model
- CakePHP Vs Zend Framework 2 Vs CodeIgniter Vs Yii
This document provides an overview of search engines and how they work. It discusses the major components of search engines including spiders that crawl websites to index their content, the indexing process that analyzes websites and stores essential information, and the search engine program that matches user queries to indexed content. It also describes common search options available on most search engines like phrase searching, boolean operators, and searching by date or file type. Finally, it discusses related tools like meta search engines, desktop search programs, and ways to stay up-to-date on search engine developments.
This document discusses the structure and components of a URL, including:
- The URL begins with a protocol (http://) which indicates the type of connection (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and may also include security (https://).
- The domain name (www.pgce.soton.ac.uk) identifies the specific website and is composed of the subdomain (www), domain name (pgce.soton.ac.uk), and domain type (.ac.uk). Domain types indicate the organization (e.g. .ac.uk is for academic institutions) and country code (e.uk is United Kingdom).
- The file path (/IT/) specifies the location of the web page, similar
This document discusses Google Book Search (GBS), summarizing its history and functions. It describes how GBS originated from two Google projects - the Google Book Project and Google Library Project. The document outlines some of the criticism of GBS, such as concerns about scan quality, metadata accuracy, and copyright issues. It also reviews GBS search capabilities, including the ability to search full text as well as limitations around copyright. Overall, the document provides a high-level overview of GBS by examining its origins, capabilities, partnerships with libraries, and some of the challenges it faces.
This document provides an overview of Google Book Search (GBS), including:
1. It discusses how GBS works and its digitalization of copyrighted books, which raised legal issues around fair use and copyright.
2. It describes how GBS partners with libraries by allowing them to install APIs or partner directly with Google to improve search results.
3. It outlines a recent settlement between Google and authors/publishers that will create a Book Rights Registry to compensate rightsholders and allow limited access to out-of-print books.
Teaching with Google Books: research, copyright, and data miningNathan Rinne
Do you know about Google Books? Join an exciting tour that will not only introduce the Google Books Project and its history, but will share ideas about using it as a springboard to delve into issues like: a) data-mining; b) copyright law; and c) research, both personal and scholarly.
The document summarizes a panel discussion on the future of libraries held at SUNY Potsdam College. The 6 panelists discussed how user behaviors and technologies are changing libraries. Users now expect instant access to information anywhere through mobile devices. Libraries are providing more digital resources and collaborative spaces while print collections decline. New models like purchase-on-demand and e-books are shaping library collections. Discovery tools aim to improve search across resources but challenges remain regarding evaluation, serendipity and supporting different user levels.
The document discusses ethical, social, and political issues related to Google's Library Project (previously called Google Print Library), which aimed to scan millions of books from university and public libraries without permission from publishers. While this could help users search books and help publishers sell more copies, it also raised legal issues around copyright infringement according to lawsuits filed against Google. The document analyzes arguments from different perspectives and potential solutions to address the various concerns.
Google's Hidden Gems provides 10 tips and tricks for using Google more effectively, like a librarian. It discusses using advanced search operators, tools for images, books, news, and collaboration. It also highlights alternatives to Google tools for presenting, polling, and office productivity. The document aims to showcase lesser known but useful features of Google and related search tools.
This document summarizes a presentation about the Google Book Settlement given by Sian Meikle and Tony Horava at the University of Toronto on September 25, 2009. It outlines the key details of the settlement including access to books, copyright issues, impacts on the marketplace, integration of content, competition concerns, privacy matters, and academic freedom issues. It also discusses reactions to the settlement and remaining challenges around areas like pricing, intellectual freedom, and equity of access.
In this report, I have estimated the market opportunity that the Google Book database could represent and I have organized my review based on which customers are likely to purchase the product, how much and to what degree customers will purchase and I also explore how Google might go about selling and marketing the product. I have excerpted the management summary section on my blog and the full report is available in pdf here.
Readers interested in discussion this report in more detail and should contact me to arrange a meeting. Contact details are included in the document.
This document provides an overview of how to search and use Google tools like a librarian. It discusses searching effectively using keywords and operators, as well as specialized search tools for books, news, and scholarly articles. The document also outlines collaboration tools from Google like Documents, Drive, and Forms that can be used to share and work on documents and surveys. It concludes by offering resources for keeping up with new Google products and services.
This document discusses how books and reading have changed in a Web 2.0 environment. It provides examples of how books can now be digitized, shared online through social bookmarking sites and wikis, and read on e-readers and devices. It also discusses how readers can now comment on and tag books, manage personal libraries online, and find books through new search tools and databases on the internet.
You have been assigned a reading by WMF Petrie; Diospolis Parva (.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been assigned a reading by WMF Petrie; Diospolis Parva (posted as a pdf folder).
You needn’t read the whole volume; I would like you to concentrate on pp.(4-12) which outlines Petrie’s method.
Further information about Petrie’s method can be found in Bard in box 5-A, pp. 100-102.
For this discussion, answer the following questions;
1. Why does Petrie invent sequence dating? What kinds of artifacts does Petrie use to construct his relative sequence?
2. Why is the following statement important for “anchoring” Petrie’s method in time?
“The most clear series of derived forms is that of the wavy handled vases (Class W)…side by side with this (Class) W pottery… we have seen to be later than the rest, as it links to the historic age… lettered L,” (Petrie 1901:5).
3. Why do you think Petrie’s method reflects the passage of time?
Your answer should be 3-4 paragraphs.
This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project
to make the world’s books discoverable online.
It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject
to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books
are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficult to discover.
Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book’s long journey from the
publisher to a library and finally to you.
Usage guidelines
Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the
public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to
prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying.
We also ask that you:
+ Make non-commercial use of the filesWe designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for
personal, non-commercial purposes.
+ Refrain from automated queryingDo not send automated queries of any sort to Google’s system: If you are conducting research on machine
translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the
use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help.
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Google Book Search allows users to search the full text of books from partner libraries. Depending on copyright status and permissions, users can view varying levels of book content from full public domain books to limited previews or snippets of in-copyright books. The project aims to make the world's books discoverable online while promoting access to books in physical libraries. It is a partnership between Google and major research libraries to digitize books in their collections.
Google Book Search allows users to search the full text of books from partner libraries. Depending on copyright status and permissions, users can view varying levels of book content from full public domain books to limited previews or snippets of in-copyright books. The project aims to make the world's books discoverable online while promoting access to books in physical libraries. It is a partnership between Google and major research libraries to digitize books in their collections.
The document discusses content strategy and user context design. It provides an agenda for a talk that will cover topics like what user context design is and why it's important, design principles, user experience, knowledge sharing, and tools. The talk will also discuss principles of interaction design, examples of knowledge sharing in different contexts, and influences that drive knowledge sharing like open data initiatives and knowledge maps. Free or low-cost tools for user experience and context design are also listed.
The document discusses personal library tools that allow users to catalog, share, and find recommendations for their book collections online. It outlines four popular options - LibraryThing, GoodReads, Shelfari, and Google MyLibrary. For each option, it provides brief details on features like importing data from retailers, tagging books, reviewing books, and connecting with other readers. It encourages readers to create free accounts on the sites to explore adding books and customizing their profiles. The document aims to help readers determine which personal library tool may be the best fit based on their needs and interests.
The premise of this presentation is quite simple. Cory Doctorow (2012) stated in his talk entitled ‘An elegy for a book’ that, “The library of tomorrow should be better than the library of today”. When framed in the context of the Internet, the current Information Age, and the foreseen Internet of Things this becomes an obvious statement that many would assume to be true. However, upon closer examination of the issues surrounding libraries, Doctorow’s statement is quite complex, especially with regards to libraries making the transition to including eBooks as an ever expanding portion of their book collections under the current legal structures of extended copyright and Digital Right Management software and systems. In order to comprehend the root causes of the why Doctorow would need to make such an apparent statement about future libraries, the presentation will introduce the concepts of the traditional commons (Hardin, 1968), current anticommons (Heller, 1998), and how extended copyright has reduced the number of print books and eBooks available (Heald, 2008 & 2014, Smith, Telang & Zhang, 2012). Less available content is cause for concern for English educators as learning management systems are becoming common place which in turn need to be content rich and perhaps compete on a more global scale for students. One solution of a mashup of open domain content will be proposed. Specifically, a real world example of providing lexically analyzed eBooks and audio books for teachers of English in Lesser Developed (LD) countries by using books in the public domain will be presented.
The document summarizes the author's experience at the ACRL conference. It describes various sessions attended, including ones on data tools for reference and instruction, library planning methods, using Google tools in academic settings, and a session where a library was converted to a makerspace called a ThinkLab. The poster sessions were highlighted, particularly one on using a digital archive as an alternative textbook for freshman writing. Throughout there were recommendations of sessions and an emphasis on networking opportunities and taking advantage of the virtual conference community afterward.
The document discusses several recent developments related to open access and e-books:
1) The World Bank approved a new open access policy for its research outputs allowing public distribution and reuse of its work.
2) A Pew Research Center report examined how the rise of e-books is affecting libraries and their patrons. Librarians believe e-books have been good for libraries and reading in general.
3) Brazil will allow prisoners to have sentences reduced by reading books and writing essays on them.
The document then discusses how the book is being transformed from a simple digital copy to a new networked object, and how this impacts concepts like openness, libraries, readers and knowledge.
1. The Google Books Library Project Personal Experiences, Public Perspectives, and Issues Relevant to Libraries Elisabeth Jones LIS 520, Winter 2010
2. Outline The 50¢ tour of Google Book My experiences with the project A Spectrum of Perspectives What’s in it for libraries? What’s not? The Proposed Settlement
32. Back in 2004… I’m at Northwestern University Library, Department of Collection Management Applying to Library Schools Google Book Search (then Google Print) announced 5 library partners: Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, NYPL, and U. of Michigan
33. Go Blue! Fall 2005: Michigan Working at the Graduate Library reference desk One of my first classes: Intellectual Property and Information Law …and then, the lawsuits
34. In the Fleming Building UM Media Relations and Public Affairs “Google Library Partnership Research Intern” My domain: Non-legal challenges to the project New media (both directions) Major piece early on: Mary Sue Coleman’s speech to the Association of American Publishers
36. Perspective 1: “Google books is theft!” Who has it: Association of American Publishers Author’s Guild (Also miscellaneous others, but those are the ones that sued) What it is: By scanning millions of books that are still under copyright, without asking the permission of the copyright holders, Google is violating those copyrights and essentially stealing money out of the pocket of honest, hardworking authors. Pat Schroeder, former head of the AAP. Her view: “Not only is Google trying to rewrite copyright law, it is also crushing creativity.”
37. Perspective 2: “Google Books will Save* the World**!”*or at least change**or authorship, publishing, education, equal access… Who has it: Some of Google’s library partners Enthusiastic fans, in academia and elsewhere Google itself (most of the time) What it is: As a searchable, globally-available, free-to-the user digital collection of the world’s books, Google Book has the potential to carry the information they contain to underserved populations, to aid in decentralized preservation of that information, and to generate uses for books and their contents never before considered. Cory Doctorow, author and blogger: GBS “promises to save writers' and publishers' asses by putting their books into the index of works that are visible to searchers who get all their information from the Internet.”
38. Perspective 3: “Google Books is an American/Anglophone Imperialist plot!” Who has it: Mainly Europeans interested in cultural heritage – and among those, mostly the French Has fallen out of style somewhat as Google has taken on more international partners What it is: Because it is the project of an American corporation, whose library partners are predominantly American and British, Google Book Search will serve to entrench Anglo-American cultural hegemony worldwide. Jean-Noël Jeanneney, French historian and politician:
39. Perspective 4: “Google Books is actually a pretty cool idea, but it endangers _______.*”*(a) information freedom, (b) privacy, (c) public institutions, (d) legal procedure, (e) all of the above, (f) other Who has it: Many authors, academics, librarians, and legal scholars – including me What it is: Fundamentally, scanning all the world’s books is a good – even amazing and world-changing – idea. However, proceeding with such a radical project without due consideration to its potential ethical, social, and political implications risks creating a brave new world in which none of us want to live. It should be noted that many who might fall into this category still vehemently disagree about the project and its implications. Siva Vaidhyanathan, Media & Communication Scholar: “We have focused on quantity and convenience at the expense of the richness and serendipity of the full library experience. We are making a tremendous mistake.”
40. So you’ve got a library… …would you share it with Google?
41. So what’s in it for the libraries? Fundamental Library Mission Connect users with information Money Digitization is expensive, Google will do it for free Time Have the whole collection scanned in years rather than decades Input Take part in the ongoing dialogue between Google and partner libraries about project direction, image and metadata quality, etc. LOCKSS Redundant digital storage of the library’s information (though not its artifacts) Publicity/Prestige Two ways: Through involvement itself Library name appears on the book-viewing page when a scan is from your library
42. Why libraries might say“thanks, but no thanks”(an incomplete list) Insufficient Reward (contracts vary greatly) Objection to certain aspects of the project or settlement, especially: The fact that the initiative is private, not public The level of control over digitized materials that Google would have relative to library partners Concept of users interfacing with the “library of the future” through Google Image quality and/or metadata problems Failure to adequately protect user privacy
43. The Proposed Settlement Allows Google to show more of in-copyright books than just snippets Allows for sale of digital books to individuals, and subscriptions to institutions Creates a rights clearinghouse called the Book Rights Registry for dealing with payments from these sales Allows for public access terminals to be placed in public libraries Heinously complex! Resources: The Public Index: http://thepublicindex.org/ ARL’s Guides for the Perplexed (&other resources): http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/google/index.shtml Official Settlement website: http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/ Pamela Samuelson (on the legal issues): http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~pam/
In this lecture, I'll be discussing the controversy over the Google Books Library Project, focusing in particular on issues relevant to libraries and librarians.
This lecture has five main sections. First, I will give a brief overview of the Google Book Search project, what its component parts are, and what access it actually allows to the books in its collection. Second, I will discuss my own experiences working on the project at the University of Michigan, and how my views on the project evolved because of those experiences.Third, I will present four of the most dominant perspectives that have been voiced in the debate over the Library Project, and look at who tends to hold each perspective, and why.Fourth, I will raise some of the pros and cons of the project for library partners - some of the issues a library might consider when thinking about partnering with Google - or not.And finally, I will speak briefly about the Proposed Settlement agreement in the lawsuit being pursued against Google by the Author's Guild and the Association of American Publishers. I won't go into too much detail here, but I will provide some links out to the huge amount of information about this issue available on the web.And, before I proceed, I should make the traditional disclaimer: any opinions I express are my own, and do not represent the position of any of my employers, past or present. Also, I am not a lawyer, and nothing I say should be construed as legal advice.
The Google Book Search project, though it looks like a uniform entity to the end-user, is actually composed of two very different sub-projects: the publisher project, in which Google contracts with book publishers to host content to which the publishers own the rights, and the library project, in which Google contracts with libraries scan and index all or part of their book collections.
The publisher project is essentially a business arrangement between publishers who want more visibility for their catalogs, and Google who wants to index as many books as it can. Some of these books are scanned by Google, but I suspect more of them have digital images contributed by the publishers. There has really been no controversy over the publisher project, since everything is done by consent and contract, and frankly it's such a win-win - publishers' books get more exposure, and Google gets to show a greater percentage of these books than they would according to fair use.And in fact, several of the first publishers to sign up for the publisher project were also among the first to sound the rallying cry to sue Google over the library project - which just shows how different, and differently *perceived* the two parts of Google Book Search really are.
The library project, unlike the publisher project, does not involve authors or publishers in the contract process. Instead, Google contracts directly with libraries who own the books to scan all or part of their collections.One of the main reasons that Google pursued this strategy was a desire for comprehensiveness. They - and others - have estimated that only 10% of books fall into the in-copyright and in-print category covered by the publisher project, while only 20% of existing books have fallen into the public domain. That leaves 70% of books that are not in print, but presumably in copyright - and for many of the books in this 70%, it is unclear who, if anyone, holds the rights.It would have been legally uncomplicated to scan the 10% owned by publishers and the 20% in the public domain, but since Google wanted to scan every book ever published, they took a more fraught approach, where they would scan and index all the books they could get their hands on, but would provide no access or very limited access to those whose rights status was unclear. Authors and publishers could opt out of the program - and they still can - but by default, Google would scan everything the libraries were willing to give them.The library project, unlike the publisher project, does not involve authors or publishers in the contract process. Instead, Google contracts directly with libraries who own the books to scan all or part of their collections.One of the main reasons that Google pursued this strategy was a desire for comprehensiveness. They - and others - have estimated that only 10% of books fall into the in-copyright and in-print category covered by the publisher project, while only 20% of existing books have fallen into the public domain. That leaves 70% of books that are not in print, but presumably in copyright - and for many of the books in this 70%, it is unclear who, if anyone, holds the rights.It would have been legally uncomplicated to scan the 10% owned by publishers and the 20% in the public domain, but since Google wanted to scan every book ever published, they took a more fraught approach, where they would scan and index all the books they could get their hands on, but would provide no access or very limited access to those whose rights status was unclear. Authors and publishers could opt out of the program - and they still can - but by default, Google would scan everything the libraries were willing to give them.
OK, so you have publishers providing certain kinds of access on the one hand, and libraries providing different kinds of access on the other. So what does this end up looking like?Well, it boils down to four basic views: full view, limited view, snippet view, and a new view where no preview is offered at all.
This is what a full view book page looks like. Full view is only offered for books in the public domain or whose author or publisher has given permission to show the entire book. In full view, you can search and read the entire book online, or you can download the book as a PDF and do what you want with it. A couple things to notice on this page: to the right, at the top, there is a link to the “About this book” page. “About this book” essentially shows an enhanced version of a catalog record, and also tells the user who provided the book to Google – so, which library, or which publisher or author. Also, lower down, there are several links to buy the book, and below those, a link to “Find this book in a library.” The find in a library link takes you to a WorldCat search that will show what libraries have the book, and if you provide your location, will tell you which of those libraries are nearest to you.
This is a limited preview page. This is how most, if not all, of the books provided under the publisher program appear – no library books are presented this way. Generally the limited previews show something between a few pages and a few chapters of a book, depending on the specific agreement between Google and the rightsholder. The “About the book” page often includes more information, like synopses, for limited preview books, and all the purchase links are still there, but so is the link to find it in a library. Down in the lower right hand corner, you can also see which publisher provided this particular book, and link to other works from that publisher.
This is what a “snippet view” page looks like. Snippet view is used for books that are still under copyright or whose copyright status is unclear, where Google has not procured permission to show anything beyond what would be permitted by fair use. The two strips in the center show two of the places where the search term appears in the book , surrounded by a tiny bit of context. If you search the same term over again, it will show you the same selections, so that it’s not possible to paste together the whole book. At the bottom of the page, below what’s shown in this view, it shows which library the book was scanned from, and you can see that the purchase and find in a library links still appear on the page, on the left-hand side, though the purchase links go to used-book vendors rather than places like Barnes and Noble.The books subject to snippet view have been the main source of controversy for the project. It’s not so much about the snippets themselves, though – even the publishers tend to agree that the snippets are fair use – it’s the fact that Google scanned the books without permission in the first place that raised hackles.
The no-preview available page is a new addition to the menu of views, which I think is tied to the settlement negotiations. It also applies to books in copyright, for which no permissions have been granted, but doesn’t show even snippets. This view was designed for particular types of books, like dictionaries or compilations of haiku poetry, where a snippet might reveal an entire work, or at least enough to create a problematic alternative to purchasing or finding the book elsewhere.
Now that you all know a little bit about the project,
To a great extent, it depends on the specific contractI will speak to the University of Michigan’s contract – which admittedly, is one of the best for the libraries involved