Web Services: Google Books Updates

Google now has access to University of California libraries for their Google Book Search project
Search engine giant Google has confirmed that they now have the support of the University of California for their gigantic Google Book Search program.
This would give the search engine company access to around 100 academic libraries for their venture, which has [...]

http://news.techwhack.com/4223/unive...of-california/

Google providing non-copyrighted classic books for download on Google Book Search
Search engine giant Google is now providing classical books for download on their Google Book Search web site.
However, only those works are being provided which are no longer under copyright. These books can be downloaded and printed for later viewing.
Users are a result can read [...]

http://news.techwhack.com/4338/non-copyrig...-classic-books/

Google Book Search gets support from Complutense University of Madrid
Complutense University of Madrid has agreed to become a part of the Google Book Search initiative. This makes it the first Spanish-language collection added to the Google Books project.
They are the Spain’s largest university library and are offering out-of-copyright books for indexing.
University chancellor Carlos Berzosa said [...]

http://news.techwhack.com/4482/complutense...sity-of-madrid/

University of Wisconsin joins Google Book Search program
The latest entry into the long list of libraries participating in the Google Book Search program is the University of Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison would now work with the search engine giant to provide access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical materials from the UW-Madison libraries [...]

http://news.techwhack.com/4537/university-of-wisconsin/

Google enhances Google Book Search service
Search engine giant Google has enhanced their Google Book Search service to make it more user friendly for the users.
Users checking out books on the Google Book Search can now zoom in and out of the book’s content using the tools provided on the interface.
They are now also able to [...]

http://news.techwhack.com/4736/google-enha...le-book-search/

Microsoft launches Live Search Books to take on Google Book Search
Software Company Microsoft has launched yet another Live branded service and this time they are taking on Google’s Book Search service.
The company said that this US test version of Live Search Books is already featuring tens of thousands of out-of-copyright books. These include works held [...]

http://news.techwhack.com/4811/live-search-books/

National Library of Catalonia joins the Google Book Search project
Search engine giant Google has confirmed that they now have the support of the National Library of Catalonia and its five affiliated libraries for their Google Book Search project.
They would be the third major library joining the project from the European region. They would be joining [...]

http://news.techwhack.com/5039/national-li...y-of-catalonia/

University of Texas library in Austin joins Google Book Search project
Search engine company Google has announced that their Book Search project is now supported by University of Texas library in Austin.
The company would now digitize more than one million written works available at the university. This content would be made available for search on their [...]

http://news.techwhack.com/5102/university-of-texas/