[Web4lib] RE: RE: More on the Open Content Alliance

[Mark Bardsley]

Perry,

Being the devil's advocate here: why would I go to the U. Michigan website
to look for Google's scanned books when I could go to Google's website and
get the "internet" as well as scanned in books from other universities? It
might be useful for U. Michigan faculty staff and students to search the
scanned books from U. Michigan but not the rest of the world.

- Mark

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Perry Willett
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:51 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] RE: RE: More on the Open Content Alliance

Just to respond to a misperception in Roy's email:

>    It seems to me that if Google truly believed in their much-vaunted 
>mission "to organize the world's information and make it universally 
>accessible and useful" then they would take this opportunity to 
>enlighten us all on how we can all digitize better and faster than ever 
>before. But I guess not. Their true mission, it seems (as if anyone 
>doubted this) is to corner the market on information and therefore make 
>a killing on advertising since we will all need to go through their 
>system to see the goods.

This is just not the case. The University of Michigan is getting a copy of
everything that Google scans. We are planning now for making these materials
available online at the University of Michigan. Again, let me point to our
FAQ, especially Q20 and Q22:
<http://www.lib.umich.edu/staff/google/public/faq.pdf>

Perry Willett
Head, Digital Library Production Service 300 Hatcher North University of
Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48109-1205
Ph: 734-764-8074
Fax: 734-647-6897
Email: pwillett at umich.edu




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