Google and Earthlink have both presented the San Francisco effort as an act of corporate benevolence and a way to bridge the digital divide that persists in one of America's most technologically advanced cities. Earlier this week, however, Google director of special initiatives Chris Sacca, who heads the muni-networking program for the Web search giant, made some biting comments about the city's "unreasonable" demands in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, noting that the project is still at essentially the same point as when the agreement to build the network was announced in April.
New Issue of Google's Librarian Newsletter Online (#5) Online
Most of the topics have been posted and commented about on RS in the past. They include:
+ PDF's from Google's Book Search
Good idea but it's the raw PDF. Material is not divided up by chapter. Not very easy to use but it's a start.
+ Library Catalog Search (Basically, a Front End for OCLC Worldcat)
Our comments.
+ Google News Archive Search
ResourceShelf comments here. Btw, note that one provider of content to this service, NewspaperArchive.com offers lots of free content and
actually offers their COMPLETE DATABASE for free to public libraries and K-12 schools.
+ Banned Books Week
Why not make this an industry wide effort and point to materials from NetLibrary, ebrary, and even Amazon (where lots of books that Google only links to records can be searched and browsed online? Examples here.
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