[Web4lib] Google Book Seteelement the easy way

[Campbell, James (jmc)]

And if you think you ought to know a little something about all this so you don't seem ignorant and you just want a brief, readable, and pretty rational and fair overview, you could do a lot worse than "Books: A Plan to Scan" in the Financial Times of 12 August.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9c722a6-877e-11de-9280-00144feabdc0.html 

There's a link in the article to an equally good overview on the reaction to the settlement among European book publishers. Some of the virulent language there wouldn't be out of place at a town meeting on health care.

      - Jim Campbell

      Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German
      University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112

      513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of B.G. Sloan
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:29 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Life in a Google Book Search World



 
"While the settlement gives lawyers and scholars fodder for debating the intricacies of often arcane antitrust law provisions, its real-world implications for university research libraries are already apparent, according to Jonathan Band, legal counsel for the Library Copyright Alliance...Band said it is obvious that any library that hopes to remain competitive will be forced to purchase an institutional subscription from Google Book Search."
 
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/12/google
 
Bernie Sloan

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