Library Materials Given to Search Engines
Forbes.com Stateside: "A leading library supplier is allowing the Internet's top search engines to index its previously restricted reference material, hoping to open a new online avenue that transports more traffic to local libraries.About 5,000 public, academic and military libraries nationwide are participating in the pilot program announced Thursday by Thomson Gale, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based company that provides electronic versions of articles, encyclopedic references and 18th-century books...
Not everyone will be able to view the Thomson Gale material when it turns up in a search result. Reading the full text requires membership in one of the participating libraries."
posted by Jen @ 6:05 AM
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