After a few years of near hiatus, it seems that Google Books has found a new partner, the city of Antwerp. They had been scouting for a while now, looking for a partner willing to scan at least 100k books.
https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/city-antwerp-and-goog...
I've checked a few versions of the press release circulated in Belgium and there's no clear statement on how the city/library will make the scans available, only a generic mention of the books being added to its online catalogue. For example: https://www.computable.be/artikel/nieuws/digital-transformation/6901998/5440850/google-en-antwerpen-zetten-duizenden-boeken-online.html
If someone finds the original press release, please share the link. I couldn't find anything on https://www.consciencebibliotheek.be/ nor https://www.antwerpen.be/ .
Federico
Where is the proof that there was a hiatus?
https://blog.eogn.com/2019/11/13/the-national-library-of-israel-and-google-t...
https://news.uga.edu/uga-partners-with-google-books-for-digital-access/
https://archivalia.hypotheses.org/101112 (German)
And so on.
Klaus Graf
Am Mi., 25. März 2020 um 17:15 Uhr schrieb Federico Leva (Nemo) < nemowiki@gmail.com>:
After a few years of near hiatus, it seems that Google Books has found a new partner, the city of Antwerp. They had been scouting for a while now, looking for a partner willing to scan at least 100k books.
https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/city-antwerp-and-goog...
I've checked a few versions of the press release circulated in Belgium and there's no clear statement on how the city/library will make the scans available, only a generic mention of the books being added to its online catalogue. For example: < https://www.computable.be/artikel/nieuws/digital-transformation/6901998/5440...
If someone finds the original press release, please share the link. I couldn't find anything on https://www.consciencebibliotheek.be/ nor https://www.antwerpen.be/ .
Federico
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Klaus Graf, 25/03/20 18:18:
Where is the proof that there was a hiatus?
I doubt anyone has proof of anything with Google Books. But many had written about it, see for instance: https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-ever-happened-to-google-books
[...] And so on.
Yes, they're all examples from 2019 aren't they? I didn't mean to say Antwerp was the first, sorry.
Federico
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