[Libs-Or] Deschutes Public Library Beta-tests Product for Google

[chantal strobel]

Deschutes Public Library is excited to announce the availability of book
previews from Google in the online catalog. DPL was one of two public
libraries invited by Google to test their new interface for linking to
previews, and sometimes the full text, of books at Google Book Search.
This resource is now available in the Deschutes Public Library's online
catalog. 

>From the Google announcement:
"As an example of the API in use, check out the Deschutes Public Library
<http://catalog.dpls.lib.or.us/record=b1022758>  in Oregon, which has
added a link to "Preview this book at Google" next to the listings in
their library catalog. This enables Deschutes readers to preview a book
immediately via Google Book Search so that they can then make a better
decision about whether they'd like to buy the book, borrow it from a
library or whether this book wasn't really the book they were looking
for." 

Since Google hasn't scanned every book in the DPL catalog, the preview
link will be visible only for those that have been scanned. As Google
continues to scan additional books, more previews will become available.


Read the Google announcements:

Official Google Blog
<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/book-info-where-you-need-it-when
-you.html> 
Inside Google Book Search Blog
<http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2008/03/preview-books-anywhere-with-new-
google.html>  

 

Check out a few titles with previews:
(While you're there, give the More Details, Find Similar Items, and
Reviews/Additional Info. tabs a click to find out even more about the
book.)

The Beach House - James Patterson & Peter de Jonge
<http://catalog.dpls.lib.or.us/record=b1261051> 
Ajax Hacks - Bruce Perry <http://catalog.dpls.lib.or.us/record=b1214091>

Curious George and the Pizza - edited by Marget Rey and Alan J. Shalleck
<http://catalog.dpls.lib.or.us/record=b1022758> 
The Iliad - Homer; translated by Robert Fagles; introduction and notes
by Bernard Knox <http://catalog.dpls.lib.or.us/record=b1100642>  



Note - Currently, links to the previews correctly display in the latest
versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. We are working on
compatibility with older versions. 

 

For more information, please contact Wylie Ackerman at 541.312.1042 or
wyliea at dpls.us

 

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