Tara Calishain, author of ResearchBuzz, has written a column for Search Engine Journal on the Google library project. Excerpt: 'I am really of two minds about this entire process. The first mind says that any digitization of public domain works is a good idea, and it's nice to see a private enterprise tackling such a hugely ambitious project. The second mind says sod that. The second mind says what about the already huge numbers of digitized books that exist? The second mind asks who is going to organize those and make them available? The second mind says if this is going to take six years (mentioned at the U of M site) then why not do something with existing already digitized materials?'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/16/2004 01:12:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
