European Libraries Fight Google-ization

Bibliographic description

[DW staff / AFP]. European Libraries Fight Google-ization. DW-World.de [online]. 27/04/2005 [visited 19 April 2007] Available from :

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1566717,00.html

Extract

“ Nineteen European national libraries have joined forces against a planned communications revolution by Internet search giant Google to create a global virtual library, organizers said Wednesday. The 19 libraries are backing instead a multi-million euro counter-offensive by European nations to put European literature online.

"The leaders of the undersigned national libraries wish to support the initiative of Europe's leaders aimed at a large and organized digitization of the works belonging to our continent's heritage," a statement said. "Such a move needs a tight coordination of national ambitions at EU level to decide on the selection of works," it added. ”

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DC Title : European Libraries Fight Google-ization

DC Creator : DW staff / Agence France Presse

DC Subject : Google Book Search, Google Book Search, national libraries, providers, Jacques Chirac, Google Book Search impacts, French fears, European literature, counter-attacks

DC Description : “ In a stand against a deal struck by five of the world's top libraries and Google to digitize millions of books, 19 European libraries have agreed to back a similar European project to safeguard literature. ”

DC Publisher : DW-World.de

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DC Date : 2005-04

DC Type : texte

DC Format : html

DC Identifier : http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1566717,00.html

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DC Language : en

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DC Coverage : world

DC Right : DW-World.de