July 24th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Yana Ivey, Book Search Support TeamThe 198.5 km stage began at 12:10 pm. There were 181 riders at the sign on. The sun shone on the Tour de France at the start of the day, the temperature was a warm 26 degrees Celsius.That’s the scene set by …
July 16th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Stephanie Movahhed, Book Search Support TeamThe other day I realized that I could use Google Book Search to find a piece of my past. With just a few keystrokes, I searched and found the first book I ever read, Danny and the Dinosaur. There it…
July 10th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Laura DeBonis, Director, Book Search Library PartnershipsLast week, Keio University became the latest partner to join Google Books Library Project, and our first library partner in Japan. The combined collections of the Keio University librar…
July 3rd, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Bethany Poole, Product Marketing ManagerToday we launched a new feature for Book Search to help more people access the world’s great public domain works. Whenever you find an out-of-copyright book in our index, you’ll see a “View plain text”…
June 25th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Sarah Payne, Book Search Support TeamI got the chance to visit Denver, Colorado earlier this month for the 2007 SLA (Special Libraries Association) conference. It was great to chat with librarians from around the country about Google, but I q…
June 21st, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Dan Abbe, Book Search Support TeamThis weekend, David Beckham celebrated the end of his time at legendary club Real Madrid by winning the Spanish league title. The next stop in his career is Los Angeles, where he’ll be playing for the not-so-…
June 7th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Dan Abbe, Book Search Support TeamDigital photography’s quick rise to prominence has left some high-profile casualties: when Minolta stopped manufacturing cameras in 2006, it ended a 78-year run. I don’t believe that film cameras are goin…
June 6th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Ben Bunnell, Library Partnership TeamToday we announced either our 16th partnership — or our 16th through 25th — depending on how you count. The Committee on Institutional Collaboration (CIC) is a consortium of University libraries covering…
May 24th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Nathan Naze, Software EngineerWhen we were working on last November’s redesign, we’d often have to put together mocks and demos to send around or use in presentations. Different team members would choose different favorite odd books they had …
May 23rd, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Emmanuel Begerem, Consumer Support AssociatePhoto by Francis Vandendriessche, Ghent UniversityAs an alumnus of Ghent University, I am thrilled that the university has decided to open its historic and special collections to the world. Ghent Un…
May 22nd, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Dan Abbe, Book Search Support TeamThe San Francisco Bay Area’s been abuzz over Maker Faire, which took place in San Mateo this past weekend. What is Maker Faire? In short, it’s a convention, sponsored by the magazine Make, to celebrate do-i…
May 17th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Viresh Ratnakar, Software EngineerI’ve read Good Night! by Claire Masurel about, oh, a thousand times.That was several years ago, when my daughter, now eight, was a little baby. I read it to her every night.I have an eight month old son now, …
May 15th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Philippe Colombet, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Book SearchToday the Library of the University of Lausanne announced it is the latest partner to join the Google Book Search Library Project. This is great news for the preservation …
May 4th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Stephanie Movahhed, Book Search Support TeamLast week, I joined the rest of the Google Book Search team for a trip to the Feria International del Libro in Bogotá, Colombia. As a book enthusiast, I was excited to meet and talk with writers, r…
May 3rd, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Greg Yano, Book Search Support TeamAs an avid classical music fan, I recently looked for some of my favorite composers on Google Book Search to see what I could dig up. A quick search for the avant-garde maverick John Cage led me to a collect…