The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that "All public libraries in the United States would be given free portals for their patrons" (whatever that means). The Chronicle article also reports some positive reactions from librarians involved in the Google Book Search project:
Article at:
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/10/6010n.htm
Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Bloomington, IN
--- On Tue, 10/28/08, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2_at_yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Authors, publishers, settle suit with Google
> To: "Next generation catalogs for libraries" <NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 3:20 PM
> Jonathan Rochkind asks: "Wonder if this will lead to
> more books being available in full text and/or
> snippets/search on GBS? "
>
> The New York Times notes:
>
> "Google will now be able to fade out the 'snippet
> view' in Google Book Search, which only showed very
> small amounts of text from a given book. Instead, most books
> will now allow readers to preview 20% of the book."
>
> And..."Libraries, universities, and other
> organizations will also be able to purchase an institutional
> subscription, which will give users the ability to access
> the full text of all the titles in the Google Books index.
> This, depending on the pricing, could turn out to be a
> revolutionary development for libraries."
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Sora Associates
> Bloomington, IN
>
>
> --- On Tue, 10/28/08, Jonathan Rochkind
> <rochkind_at_JHU.EDU> wrote:
>
> > From: Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_JHU.EDU>
> > Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Authors, publishers, settle
> suit with Google
> > To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> > Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 1:53 PM
> > Interesting. Wonder if this will lead to more books
> being
> > available in
> > full text and/or snippets/search on GBS? Or if
> they're
> > just no longer
> > being sued for the stuff they've already got up
> anyway.
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > B.G. Sloan wrote:
> > > "Google has reached a landmark agreement
> with
> > authors and publishers to make millions of books
> available
> > online, in a deal that includes a $125m (£80m) payout
> and
> > the end to lawsuits filed by companies including
> Penguin.
> > The agreement, part of which is subject to the
> approval of
> > the US District Court in New York, comes after two
> years of
> > negotiations between the parties and will mark the end
> of
> > two lawsuits against the Google Book Search
> tool."
> > >
> > > Full article:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/28/googlethemedia-digitalmedia
> > >
> > > Bernie Sloan
> > > Sora Associates
> > > Bloomington, IN
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Rochkind
> > Digital Services Software Engineer
> > The Sheridan Libraries
> > Johns Hopkins University
> > 410.516.8886
> > rochkind (at) jhu.edu
Received on Tue Oct 28 2008 - 14:27:14 EDT