Google, the world’s largest search engine, on Wednesday launched a website that culls all of its digitized books, video clips, maps and blogging offerings in an effort to provide teachers, educators and other members of academia with an organized set of educational resources to combat illiteracy, Reuters reports via MSN Money.The new site was announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair, an event for publishing executives, along with the United Nations and as part of a literacy program established by the fair organizers, according to Reuters.“Google’s business was born out of a desire to help people find information,” said Nikesh Arora, Google’s vice president of European operations, according to Reuters. “We hope this site will serve as a bridge to even greater communication and access to important information about literacy problems.”United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimates suggest there are some 1 billion people over age 15 who are considered illiterate in the world, Reuters reports. Google has also requested that organizations across the globe contribute video clips to explain and demonstrate the merits of various teaching techniques, according to Reuters.The English version of the site can be found here. Google is at work on a project to digitize all the books in the world—an initiative that has caused no small degree of controversy over the associated copyright issues.In August, the search giant also expanded its book search service to allow users to download printable volumes.Related Links: Google to Offer Book Downloads Google, UC Ink Pact to Digitize BooksCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe