I know this is my second Google-related FFL in a row but this one’s worth it. Google has partnered with the American Library Association to create a special page in honour of Banned Books Week (Sept 23-30). (This is the equivalent of Freedom to Read Week in Canada which happens during the last week of February and is organized by the Book & Periodical Council of Canada.)
Micheal Geist spoke at the Canadian Library Association conference this year in Ottawa and called Google Book Search a “card catalogue for the 21st century” and I can’t think of a better way to describe it than that. The Google/ALA page only allows you to browse a selected few pages since most of the books are still covered by copyright. But can you imagine the day when you can search the entire book quickly and completely?
(via Boing Boing)