Complete Directory of Large Print Books & Serials 2007 Released

Posted January 22, 2007  |  Filed Under Print Directories

If you are building or managing a large-print book or serial collection, then Bowker’s The Complete Directory of Large Print Books and Serials is the single most important resource you could own. Listing all active large print materials identified in the Books In Print® and Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory databases, this bibliographic tool contains information on over 22,250 titles, including 1,830 new titles this year.

The Complete Directory of Large Print Books and Serials boasts nine easy-to-use indexes including Title, Author, General Reading Subject, Textbook Subject, Children’s Subject, Serials Subject, and Serials Title.

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Microsoft Live Names GlobalBooksInPrint.com Database of Record

Posted January 8, 2007  |  Filed Under Books In Print, Online Databases

Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, today announced that its GlobalBooksInPrint.com database has been selected by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to provide the basic and value-added data that will enhance descriptions of books incorporated in the new Live Search Books search service from Microsoft.Live Search Books, which was released in beta form by Microsoft in December, is part of an ambitious project by Microsoft to scan millions of books and index them for online searching. The search engine allows users to search the full-texts of scanned books and is currently restricted to out-of-copyright books scanned from the collections of leading libraries such as The British Library, the University of California and the University of Toronto. In a later release, Microsoft will also add copyright works that publishers have given permission to include in the project.

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