technologyreview: The Library of Utopia

Google’s ambitious book-scanning program is foundering in the courts. Now a Harvard-led group is launching its own sweeping effort to put our literary heritage online. Will the Ivy League succeed where Silicon Valley failed? … http://www.technologyreview.com/featured-story/427628/the-library-of-utopia/ via http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/97050124/

technology review: The Library of Utopia

Google’s ambitious book-scanning program is foundering in the courts. Now a Harvard-led group is launching its own sweeping effort to put our literary heritage online. Will the Ivy League succeed where Silicon Valley failed? In his 1938 book World Brain, H.G. … Weiterlesen

Video: The Digital Public Library of America and the Digital Future

The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College presents the inaugural Donoho Colloquium, „The Digital Public Library of America and the Digital Future,“ with Robert Darnton, PhD, University Librarian, Harvard University

The Awl: One Google Books To Rule Them All?

Hellzapoppin‘ in the world of intellectual property rights these days. Lawsuits, corporate flim-flamming, the claims of far-sighted academics and developers, furious authors and artists and the conflicting demands of a sprawling Internet culture have created a gargantuan, multi-directional tug-of-war that … Weiterlesen

DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA AND EUROPEANA ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION

A Statement of Common Principles: DPLA-Europeana The Digital Public Library of America and Europeana share a common goal: to make the riches of libraries, museums, and archives available, free of charge, to everyone in the world. They will be guided … Weiterlesen

Digital Public Library of America Website online

The vision of a national digital library has been circulating among librarians, scholars, educators, and private industry representatives since the early 1990s, but it has not yet materialized. Efforts led by a range of organizations, including the Library of Congress, … Weiterlesen