The Chronicle of Higher Education

Google Adds First Scanned Library Books to Search Index, and Says Copyrighted Works Will Follow

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Google has added the initial batch of scanned library books to a searchable index, the first fruits of the company's controversial partnership with five major research libraries.

The Library Project, part of the company's Google Print program, has been digitizing library...

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