What is Google Books?
Are Google Books accessible to all?
"Thanks to Google's extra efforts, a visually impaired person can view books on enlarged displays, use Braille equipment, or listen to documents through read-aloud technology."(HowStuffWorks.com)
"Google presumes access to computers and the Web, and all that this implies." (Donatich)
The reality is that everyone does not have access to digital media. Libraries are still necessary for many reasons, books being of them. Using the libraries computers is often the only way some people can use digital devices.
Works Cited:
Donatich, John. "Books Still Matter in a Digital Age." Are Books Becoming Extinct?, edited by David M. Haugen, Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link-gale- com.ezproxy.palomar.edu/apps/doc/EJ3010807212/OVIC?u=cclc_palomar&sid=OVIC&xid=c3b41f40. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020. Originally published as "Why Books Still Matter," Journal of Scholarly Publishing, vol. 40, no. 4, July 2009, pp. 329-342.
Resources:
https://computer.howstuffworks.com/google-books1.htm
https://www.yourdictionary.com/google-books
"A database of published books that have been scanned by Google and made available in Google search results or from the Google Book site (www.books.google.com). Introduced in 2004 as the Google Print Library Project, it started with Harvard University Library, New York Public Library and other prominent libraries." (yourdictionary.com)
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How to Use Google Books
To be honest I don't really know that much about Google Books. From what I have read for this post it seems that there have been some issues with copyright and there have been fines paid. Other details of the power that Google Books has obtained has changed so that the power is not so great. I use library ebooks for my pleasure reading. I don't know if I will ever use this product but it's nice to have as an option.How to Use Google Books
Are Google Books accessible to all?
"Thanks to Google's extra efforts, a visually impaired person can view books on enlarged displays, use Braille equipment, or listen to documents through read-aloud technology."(HowStuffWorks.com)
"Google presumes access to computers and the Web, and all that this implies." (Donatich)
The reality is that everyone does not have access to digital media. Libraries are still necessary for many reasons, books being of them. Using the libraries computers is often the only way some people can use digital devices.
Donatich, John. "Books Still Matter in a Digital Age." Are Books Becoming Extinct?, edited by David M. Haugen, Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link-gale- com.ezproxy.palomar.edu/apps/doc/EJ3010807212/OVIC?u=cclc_palomar&sid=OVIC&xid=c3b41f40. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020. Originally published as "Why Books Still Matter," Journal of Scholarly Publishing, vol. 40, no. 4, July 2009, pp. 329-342.
Resources:
https://computer.howstuffworks.com/google-books1.htm
https://www.yourdictionary.com/google-books
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