Google to Scan Books From Big Libraries From: Los Angeles Sentinel | Date: December 22, 2004| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Liedtke, Michael
Los Angeles Sentinel
12-22-2004
Taking a trip to the library may take little more than a computer's Web
browser. Working with major libraries, Google is hoping to scan millions of
books and periodicals into its popular Internet search engine during the
next several years as part of an effort to bring more of the world's
collective knowledge online.

Material from the New York public library as well as libraries at four
universities--Harvard, Stanford, Michigan and Oxford--will be indexed on
Mountain View, Calif.-based Google under the ambitious initiative announced
late Monday.

The ...

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