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/

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 →