| Description |
xvi, 92 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Remarkable progress -- At the mercy of the market -- Hyperpower -- The difficulties of a response -- One European search engine, or several? -- Organizing knowledge -- A cultural project, an industrial project |
| Summary |
"The recent announcement that Google will digitize the holdings of several major libraries sent shock waves through the book industry and academe. Google presented this digital repository as a first step toward a long-dreamed-of universal library, but skeptics were quick to raise a number of concerns about the potential for copyright infringement and unanticipated effects on the business of research and publishing." "Jean-Noel Jeanneney, president of France's Bibliotheque nationale, here takes aim at what he sees as a far more troubling aspect of Google's Library Project: its potential to misrepresent - and even damage - the world's cultural heritage. In this work, Jeanneney argues that Google's unsystematic digitization of books from a few partner libraries and its reliance on works written mostly in English constitute acts of selection that can only extend the dominance of American culture abroad."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Subject |
Google (Firm)
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| SUBJECT |
Google. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2003021731
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| Subject |
Internet -- Social aspects.
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Web search engines -- Europe.
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Electronic information resources -- Europe.
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Digital libraries.
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Library materials -- Digitization.
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Libraries and the Internet.
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Information organization.
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Internet industry -- Europe.
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| Author |
Fagan, Teresa Lavender.
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| LC no. |
2006019650 |
| ISBN |
0226395774 alkaline paper |
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