Google Confidential Daniel Clancy Engineering Director, Google Print 18-July-05

Google Confidential Making Information Accessible Arpanet Team

Google Confidential Google’s Mission Online Content Billions of web pages Offline Content Billions of items still unindexed 3 To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

Google Confidential Two Initiatives Library Program ~85% of books are out of print and/or out of copyright – these books are only found in libraries 4 Publisher Program GOAL: Create a comprehensive virtual card catalog of all books in all languages, while respecting publishers’ rights Only ~15% of books are in print

Google Confidential Google Print Library Project

Google Confidential Really, how many books? Library of Congress24,616,867 Harvard University14,437,361 Chicago Public Library10,994,943 New York Public Library10,608,570 Yale University10,492,812 Queens Borough Public Library10,357,159 Oxford University10,000,000 …. University of Michigan7,348,360 Stanford University7,286,437 Library Holdings

Google Confidential 92% of the world's books are neither generating revenue for the copyright holder nor easily accessible to potential readers.* The value is in the middle A Typical Library Collection In-Print Partner Program Public Domain Books published before 1923 Unclear copyright status Books after 1923 but… May be in copyright, but not for sale Rights may have reverted to author May be in the public domain Less than 20%**~65% or more 15% *Source: Covey, Denise Troll. "Global Cooperation for Global Access: The Million Book Project“ **OCLC analysis of the Google Books Library Project: ~15%

Google Confidential Three User Experiences Sample Pages View Full Book View Snippet View 20% 65% or more* ~15%

Google Confidential A Closer Look at the Snippet View User can view: Bibliographic info A few sentences around the query Restricted searching Same 3 snippets, never more Links to purchase In-print – online bookstores Out of print – used bookstores For books we scan that are still in copyright

Google Confidential Ego-searching and discovering your past “Never before could I have found such an obscure and wonderful gem. Google Book Search prompted me to buy two copies of a book that I never would have known about, otherwise.” - Bernie Robichau, Columbia, SC

Google Confidential Number of Search Queries/Keyword Keywords It’s Not Just About Our Most Popular Searches… 11 Harry Potter Wireless Home Networking Peruvian Orchids Jersey City What are people searching for? Everything

Google Confidential Web of Off-line Content How do you create an ontology of objects from the off-line world with the myriad of links that connect these objects Some Relationships that exist: FRBR Hierarchy Work, manifestation, hierarchy References Authorship Criticism and review Inclusion Individuals Events Temporal relationships Different perspectives Topical similarity

Google Confidential Google and the Textbook Purpose of a textbook Relation to the Web Relation to the Library and Books Creating Dynamic Links that make content come alive Personalization and Customization

Google Confidential Google Print Future Developments Google Print is intended to be a catalyst for more digitization efforts We will work to include books from other digitization efforts We will strive to create products that all libraries can leverage (e.g., OPAC integration, restricted library search)

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