Comments on: Accessibility of Google Books

By: Jennifer Sutton

Jennifer Sutton — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:33:43 +0000

Let’s hear it for little victories!
I hope the quality of the scans will make the content usable enough since, as I understand it, there is no human intervention during the production process.
Some may be interested in this article which speaks to Google Books’ accessibility, rather than to this special effort made by University of Michigan
First Step in Adding Accessibility to Google Books–Was It Enough?
http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm07/bm0710/bm071003.htm

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Friday Link Round Up « ellie <3 libraries — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:11:06 +0000

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By: Suzanne Chapman

Suzanne Chapman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:36:54 +0000

The MBooks system is open to anyone. It’s only the extra service of providing full-text of materials still in copyright that is currently restricted to University of Michigan Students who register via the Services for Students with Disabilities office. There may be options for expanding this in the future.

By: Jim Allen

Jim Allen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:50:48 +0000

So this is limited to UMICH students only right?

By: Suzanne Chapman

Suzanne Chapman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:01:26 +0000

Thanks for the mention! Just to clarify one point… It’s not a nifty thing Google Books is doing – it’s a nifty thing the University of Michigan Library is doing with the materials scanned by Google.