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Yahoo to Digitize Public Domain Materials

"Yahoo, The Internet Archive and several other organizations announced the formation of the Open Content Alliance (OCA) to make thousands of books, multimedia files and other materials freely searchable and accessible online.

"Brewster
Kahle, founder of The Internet Archive, said today’s announcement is a ‘call for open participation in the Open Content Alliance.’ In other
words, the group would love to see other organizations (libraries,
publishers, archives, etc.) join the group."

Gary Price. A New Digital Library Alliance Makes its Debut. SearchEngineWatch. Oct. 3, 2005.

Scott Carlson and Jeffrey R. Young. Yahoo Works With 2 Academic Libraries and Other Archives on Project to Digitize Collections. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Oct. 3, 2005.

Katie Hafner. In Challenge to Google, Yahoo Will Scan Books. The New York Times. Oct. 3, 2005.

Barbara Quint. Open Content Alliance Rises to the Challenge of Google Print. Information Today. Oct. 3, 2005.

Research Buzz. Yahoo Announces Open Content Alliance. Oct. 3, 2005.

Yahoo Search Blog. Announcing the Open Content Alliance. Oct. 2, 2005.

Written by sesomedia

10/03/2005 at 08:47

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