Catching Fingers On Google Book Search: Hand Scans

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June 28, 2006

Catching Fingers On Google Book Search: Hand Scans

I spotted over at Philipp that Google seems to be manually scanning books for the Google Book Search service by hand. Don't believe me? Check out the first page of The Trial and Death of Socrates. Yea, there is a hand there. Is it Matt Cutts's hand? Chris Boggs thinks so (kidding). Very nice find Dan Cohen.

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posted rustybrick in Other Google Topics at June 28, 2006 12:10 PM Comments (3)

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Yes I think that each and every Googler has to spend a week at the scanning center turning pages...

Posted by Chris Boggs at June 28, 2006 12:32

I think it's funnier that they try to photoshop the fingers on some pages flip through the pages here:
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC03812955&id=1GB1kuY5-pkC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA3

Posted by Psycho at June 28, 2006 16:58

Actually, we have many more examples on ResourceShelf from another book, too! This was first reported on a library listserv about a week ago.
See:
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/06/29/scanning-books-and-a-hand-finger-and-other-stuff/

We also offer a link to a video of the book scanning machine in action at the Univ of Toronto. U of T has been scanning books for several years.

Posted by gary price at June 29, 2006 12:21

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