Jamie Signorile In the past many reaserchers have paid much attention to the increase in the amount of textbooks being placed online. However, few researchers have considered the large expansion of library resource books being implemented into online systems.
Google has been noted as one of the most popular search engines. Also, it has acquired a large amount of books that can be viewed digitally. Recently, many universities are working hand in hand with google in assembling one of the largest collections of online volumes of text. Many Universities donate their texts and in return, receive digital copies of the database. This will help students find any information they need. It is also making the google book search much more advanced. Many of googles books are not present because of copyright issues, however if the Universities use their texts to assist google, it can make this hurdle a lot easier to conquer. Currently only sixteen percent of books are available in full text due to copyright issues. This project is called Hathi Trust. The project has already accumulated 3,960,034 volumes. If more universities participate in this, there can be a massive compilation of texts. Students would easily find information by searching google. This will ensure more chances of students getting the correct information that are on point to what they are searching for. There are currently twenty five schools in the program, ten of them being associated with then University of California system. Hopefully, with the addition of more schools the project can fulfill its long term goals.
Google has been noted as one of the most popular search engines. Also, it has acquired a large amount of books that can be viewed digitally. Recently, many universities are working hand in hand with google in assembling one of the largest collections of online volumes of text. Many Universities donate their texts and in return, receive digital copies of the database. This will help students find any information they need. It is also making the google book search much more advanced. Many of googles books are not present because of copyright issues, however if the Universities use their texts to assist google, it can make this hurdle a lot easier to conquer. Currently only sixteen percent of books are available in full text due to copyright issues. This project is called Hathi Trust. The project has already accumulated 3,960,034 volumes. If more universities participate in this, there can be a massive compilation of texts. Students would easily find information by searching google. This will ensure more chances of students getting the correct information that are on point to what they are searching for. There are currently twenty five schools in the program, ten of them being associated with then University of California system. Hopefully, with the addition of more schools the project can fulfill its long term goals.
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