October 22, 2007
The Politics of Book Search: Some Research Libraries Decline to Offer Books to Microsoft, Google
An article in the New York Times today explores the "book search" initiatives at Google and Microsoft and the resistance of some research libraries to participating. The reason cited is that both search providers are asking for exclusivity: "Libraries that agree to work with Google must agree to a set of terms, which include making the material unavailable to other commercial search services."
Filed under Search Engines by Greg Sterling
