Google Print in Chronicle of Higher Education

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

Of possible interest:

This week's Chronicle of Higher Education has a series of articles on the
impact of Google print and digital texts.  Here is the summary of those
articles with links that subscribers may follow:

FROM GUTENBERG TO GOOGLE

Librarians and publishers say they are still trying to grasp the impact of
the search-engine company's plan to scan millions of books. You can
comment on the issues raised in this article, in Forums.

--> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i39/39a02401.htm

*  'MARGINAL UTILITY'
    Books may eventually be reduced to formats in which they have
    virtually no meaning, worries Michael Gorman, president-elect
    of the American Library Association.
    --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i39/39a02501.htm

*  END RESULT
    The digitization project will not threaten the library's
    central role in connecting users with information, says John
    P. Wilkin, of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
    --> http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i39/39a02501.htm#wilkin

*  STRESSING THE POSITIVE
    Google hopes to add even more books to its digitized
    collection, from publishers as well as from libraries, says
    Adam M. Smith, a senior business-product manager at the
    company.
    --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i39/39a02701.htm

*  STRETCHING 'FAIR USE'
     Google should address some questions about the rights of
    authors and publishers, according to Peter Givler,
    executive director of the Association of American
    University Presses.
    --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i39/39a02702.htm