U.C. system signs on to Microsoft book-scan project
C|Net | at | by Mike
Two leading research institutions haven issued library cards to Microsoft so the software giant and search up-and-comer can scan their collections.
The University of California and the University of Toronto libraries have agreed to lend their collections of out-of-copyright material held in trust. In concert with the Open Content Alliance, Microsoft will scan and index the materials for use in its Windows Live Book Search, according to a Microsoft statement issued Friday.
Like Google Book Search and Amazon.com's Look Inside feature, Windows Live Book Search is being designed to enable full-text searches of books. The Microsoft project, however, will be built slightly differently than Google Book Search.