Bookworm and library search

We just launched a new website, Bookworm, from the Cultural Observatory. I might have a lot to say about it from different perspectives; but since it was submitted to the DPLA beta sprint, let's start with the way it helps you find library books.

Google Ngrams, which Bookworm in many ways resembles, was fundamentally about words and their histories; Bookworm tries to place texts much closer to the center instead. At their hearts, Ngrams uses a large collection of texts to reveal trends in the history of words; Bookworm lets you use words to discover the history of different groups of books--and by extension, their authors and readers.