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Researchers Scoff At Google Generation

The kids may be able to fly around the web at ludicrous speed, but if a basic search can't find what they want, they could have a tough time digging up more information.

Wikia Schmikia: Try Out These Sites

Jimmy Wales and Wikia Search may be getting all the press this week, but there are resources out there you may not know.

Google Won't Dominate Book Search

Despite the hubbub generated by a New York Times report, the world of book digitization doesn't start and end with Google, or even the participation of Microsoft and Yahoo in the Open Content Alliance.

Google Library Foe Penning Googlization Book

Siva Vaidhyanathan sees reasons to worry about Google and its goal of organizing the world's information.

Searchles Adds To Video Library

Searchles, a social search platform has added to its video indexing to display embeds from video sites Metacafe, Liveleak, Veoh and CollegeHumor.

Cornell University Joins Google Library Project

Attending Cornell University as an undergrad will cost you around $17,000 per semester.  But if you just want to look through the school’s libraries, it’s free - some of their content will become available to everyone, thanks to an arrangement with Google’s Library Project.

Google Library Project Gets Japanese Partner

For a while there, Google was gaining partners for its Books Library Project on what seemed like a daily basis.  That rush (appears to have) stopped, but now one more school has signed up: Japan’s Keio University.

Google Library Project Gets University Consortium

Aw, isn’t that nice: the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) is set to cooperate with Google and join the search engine giant’s Library Project.  The CIC is composed of 12 major American research universities.

Finding Online Sources To Trust

In the United States and the United Kingdom, a couple of librarian-driven resources show just how potent informational sites with vetted content can be for Internet users. Resource Shelf's Gary Price tells us more.

Google Library Project Befriends Belgium

Ghent University is located in Ghent, which is a city in Flanders, which is a region in Belgium.  You probably recognized at least one or two of those names, but you’re sure to know this next one: Google.  And Google has just partnered with Ghent University.