米Google、図書館の蔵書も検索可能に

米Googleは14日、公立図書館や大学と提携してオンラインで蔵書を検索・閲覧できる“バーチャル図書館”を開始するプロジェクトを発表した。

Google Inc. announced plans Tuesday to let consumers use its search engine to access millions of books from the libraries of some top U.S. and foreign universities. In a dramatic expansion to an existing Google service that makes books searchable online, the Mountain View, Calif., company will scan the entire library of the University of Michigan, which includes seven million volumes. (Google Goes to College, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE, December 14, 2004; Page D1)　※WSJ.comは購読者(有料）のみ閲覧可能です

Google Checks Out Library Books [Press Release]
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/print_library.html