a presentation by Ed Van Gemert, Deputy Director, General Library System, UW-Madison; and Irene Zimmerman, Head, Cataloging Department and Google Project Manager, UW-Madison
http://www.library.wisc.edu/digitization/.
- What is Google Book Search (GBS)? http://books.google.com/
- Wisconsin's involvement
The books in GBS come primarily from 2 sources:
- publishers
- libraries
- browse books online under full view, limited preview, or snippet view (if item is post-1923; in copyright)
- search within the book
- find similar titles
- buy the book or request it through interlibrary loan
- download public-domain books
online items are not preservation quality; it's all about discovery & access to materials
Wisconsin's involvement:
- UW-Madison initiated discussions in early 2006
- established partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society
- contract agreement negotiations from May-Oct 2006
- developed "Statement on Principles and Values"
- the agreement stipulates a university digital copy of each file, including items that are still in copyright
- primary focus areas: Federal government documents, state government documents, historic documents, patent info
- additional books from the genealogy collection from Wisconsin Historical Society, and theses & dissertations
- the first shipment of books was sent to Google 3 Apr 2007; materials from several libraries are shipped to Google every 4 weeks
shared digital repository among CIC libraries (Michigan, Indiana, et. al.)
Project Planning: a project management team was appointed, based on advice from a Google liaison
Determined criteria for inclusion based on size, format, and condition of book
the book's temporary location in MadCat indicates it's checked out
Upcoming issue --how to get links to the digitized book into the book's bibliographic record in MadCat
the more of a book a publisher shows, the more copies of books it sells
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