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Other voices: Google agreement will extend U-M libraries' accessibility |
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Published by: MLive.com Date: June 7, 2009 by Paul N. Courant | Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan URL: http://www.mlive.com/opinion/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/06/other_voices_google_agreement.html "...The result will be ubiquitous online access to a collection unparalleled in size and scope, preservation of the scholarly and cultural record embodied in the collections of great research libraries, new lines of research, and greatly expanded access to the world's printed work for persons with print disabilities. ...The Google settlement changes all that. Under the settlement, Google will provide access to a huge digital collection on behalf of the authors and publishers who hold United States copyright to works digitized from participating libraries...."
Read the entire article and comment at: http://www.mlive.com/opinion/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/06/other_voices_google_agreement.html
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