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Along Came Google - A History of Library Digitization (Hardcover)
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Along Came Google - A History of Library Digitization (Hardcover)
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An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and
the ongoing quest for a universal digital library Libraries have
long talked about providing comprehensive access to information for
everyone. But when Google announced in 2004 that it planned to
digitize books to make the world's knowledge accessible to all,
questions were raised about the roles and responsibilities of
libraries, the rights of authors and publishers, and whether a
powerful corporation should be the conveyor of such a fundamental
public good. Along Came Google traces the history of Google's book
digitization project and its implications for us today. Deanna
Marcum and Roger Schonfeld draw on in-depth interviews with those
who both embraced and resisted Google's plans, from librarians and
technologists to university leaders, tech executives, and the heads
of leading publishing houses. They look at earlier digital
initiatives to provide open access to knowledge, and describe how
Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page made the case for a
universal digital library and drew on their company's considerable
financial resources to make it a reality. Marcum and Schonfeld
examine how librarians and scholars organized a legal response to
Google, and reveal the missed opportunities when a settlement with
the tech giant failed. Along Came Google sheds light on the
transformational effects of the Google Books project on scholarship
and discusses how we can continue to think imaginatively and
collaboratively about expanding the digital availability of
knowledge.
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