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Also known as: Google Print Library Project
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- In Google: Google Books
In the early 2000s, Google launched what might have been considered the largest and most ambitious library project ever attempted. Google was planning to scan and digitize all available books across the globe to create the world’s most comprehensive digital library. This project,…
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electronic publishing
- In Internet: Electronic publishing
In 2004 Google began digitizing public-domain and out-of-print materials from several cooperating libraries in North America and Europe, such as the University of Michigan library, which made some seven million volumes available. Although some authors and publishers challenged the project for fear of losing control of copyrighted…
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