http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/ Covering the intersection of digital technology and research, teaching, and learning in the humanities, including search, data mining, website development and design, and programming. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:51:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-3769 Followups on the GBS Settlement « Work Product Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:47:38 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/?p=302#comment-3769 [...] like Dan Cohen’s proposal for a government (or Ivy League) -funded book-scanning “moon shot” to benefit society at large. Barring this (extremely unlikely, I think) outcome, by all [...] [...] like Dan Cohen’s proposal for a government (or Ivy League) -funded book-scanning “moon shot” to benefit society at large. Barring this (extremely unlikely, I think) outcome, by all [...]

]]> http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-3164 Dan Cohen’s Digital Humanities Blog » Blog Archive » Scanner-Ready Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:09:05 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/?p=302#comment-3164 [...] all tell our representatives to support such an effort. Given that the “HYP Solution” I advocated last spring is now extremely unlikely to happen given the sharp downturn in university endowments, [...] [...] all tell our representatives to support such an effort. Given that the “HYP Solution” I advocated last spring is now extremely unlikely to happen given the sharp downturn in university endowments, [...]

]]> http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 Google Book Search « Een beetje adjunct Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:44:08 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/?p=302#comment-2365 [...] van alle digitaliseringsactiviteiten dat zijn bronnen melden dat Google inmiddels al de grens van vijf miljoen boeken is gepasseerd. Het blijft - helaas - enigszins gissen, maar iedereen die met enige regelmaat GBS [...] [...] van alle digitaliseringsactiviteiten dat zijn bronnen melden dat Google inmiddels al de grens van vijf miljoen boeken is gepasseerd. Het blijft – helaas – enigszins gissen, maar iedereen die met enige regelmaat GBS [...]

]]> http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-2334 Dan Cohen’s Digital Humanities Blog » Blog Archive » Digital Campus #27 - All Atwitter Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:01:47 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/?p=302#comment-2334 [...] ambivalently in the middle. It makes for a good conversation, so check it out. We also discuss Microsoft’s exit from book digitization, among other stories from the past few weeks. [Editor's note: We recorded this podcast before [...] [...] ambivalently in the middle. It makes for a good conversation, so check it out. We also discuss Microsoft’s exit from book digitization, among other stories from the past few weeks. [Editor's note: We recorded this podcast before [...]

]]> http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-2333 Microsoft Abandons Live Search Books and Live Search Academics « Hoosierati Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:19:48 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/?p=302#comment-2333 [...] Cohen (at his Digital Humanities Blog) suggests replacing for-profit partners with funds from university endowments. If they would do it, it makes [...] [...] Cohen (at his Digital Humanities Blog) suggests replacing for-profit partners with funds from university endowments. If they would do it, it makes [...]

]]> http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-2326 Dan Cohen Fri, 30 May 2008 12:03:07 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/?p=302#comment-2326 Gutenberg has done incredible work--25,000 free texts--but they are ASCII transcriptions, not page images plus text like OCA and Google. And I don't see PG growing to Google scale anytime soon. Gutenberg has done incredible work–25,000 free texts–but they are ASCII transcriptions, not page images plus text like OCA and Google. And I don’t see PG growing to Google scale anytime soon.

]]> http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-2324 Digitaalinen kirjasto » Microsoft luopui kirjojen digitoinnista Fri, 30 May 2008 11:40:30 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/?p=302#comment-2324 [...] Cohen on julkaissut blogissaan erinomaisen analyysin tilanteesta ja kirjadigitoinnin tulevaisuuden [...] [...] Cohen on julkaissut blogissaan erinomaisen analyysin tilanteesta ja kirjadigitoinnin tulevaisuuden [...]

]]> http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-2321 Featured Articles - May 29, 2008 « Digital Clio Thu, 29 May 2008 23:45:55 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/?p=302#comment-2321 [...] Cohen, “Mass Digitization of Books: Exit Microsoft, What Next?” Dan Cohen Digital Humanities Blog “So Microsoft has left the business of digitizing [...] [...] Cohen, “Mass Digitization of Books: Exit Microsoft, What Next?” Dan Cohen Digital Humanities Blog “So Microsoft has left the business of digitizing [...]

]]> http://www.dancohen.org/2008/05/29/mass-digitization-of-books-exit-microsoft-what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 Tona Thu, 29 May 2008 21:40:52 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/?p=302#comment-2318 Where did Project Gutenberg fit into all this? Where did Project Gutenberg fit into all this?

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