Google Book Search Libraries and Their Digital Copies

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GROGG Jill, ASHMORE Beth. Google Book Search Libraries and Their Digital Copies. Information today [online]. April 2007,Vol. 15, No. 4 [visited 19 April 2007] Available from : http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr07/Grogg_Ashmore.shtml

Extract

 […] Much, if not all, of the controversy surrounding the Google Book Search Library Project stems from the scanning of in-copyright material. But how many of the library partners have actually chosen to make their entire collections possible candidates for scanning? Once the courts decide where Google stands in regards to copyright, these partners may switch sides, but for now, here’s how they line up.

- Libraries sticking with public domain (at least for now):

• University Complutense of Madrid

• Harvard University

• The New York Public Library

• Oxford University

• Princeton University

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

• National Library of Catalonia and affiliates

- Libraries open to scanning materials regardless of copyright status (at least until the courts decide):

• University of California

• University of Michigan

• Stanford University

• University of Texas

• University of Virginia

 […]

Metadata                                                                                             

DC Title : Google Book Search Libraries and Their Digital Copies

DC Creator : GROGG Jill, ASHMORE Beth

DC Subject : collections, copyright, digital copies, Google Book Search, Google Book Search libraries, providers, preservation, public domains

DC Description : Presents the librarian experiences with digital preservation and their digital content, before Google Library Project. The authors examine the contract signed by the partners of Google project. Many representatives of those libraries have told about the non-exclusivity of their contract, digitization for free and cost of saving digital copies of libraries and the Libraries sticking with public domain or not.

DC Publisher : Information today

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DC Date : 2007-04

DC Type : texte

DC Format : html

DC Identifier : http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr07/Grogg_Ashmore.shtml

DC Source :

DC Language : en

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DC Coverage : United-States of

DC Right : Information today, inc.