Google Books, HathiTrust and the DPLA

Naomi Eichenlaub reported in the November, 2013 issue of Computers in Libraries on the status of Google Books, HathiTrust and the DPLA . These efforts to preserve or make available books from decades ago have been the subject of court battles over copyright.

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Google Books' Ngram Viewer

Mark Perry reports Peter Turchin did a numerical analysis of the history of citations to the term "quantitative history." Turchin appears to have used Google's Ngram viewer to quickly discover trends in the terms used in books.

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Google Books Issues

Siva Vaidhyanathan discusses copyright issues in the opinion article "Thank You, Judge Chin". Vaidhyanathan calls for agencies other than Google to provide free access to orphan materials -- something that will require changes in the copyright laws.

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