Tuesday, October 28, 2008

I'd like to think this is true

News about Google's $125 million settlement over Google Book Search can be found here:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10076948-2.html

The money information is interesting, but what I really loved was the last paragraph of the article:

"All public libraries in the United States will be offered a free online portal to Google's digitized collection, said Aiken, and patrons will be able to print an unlimited number of pages for a per page fee. Google will also be offering institutional subscriptions to colleges and universities. Google Book Search services available outside the United States will remain the same, Drummond said."

I hope it's true.

And I wonder if land grant institutions like mine couldn't get in there with the public libraries somehow...

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