Along came Google : a history of library digitization / Deanna Marcum and Roger C. Schonfeld.
| Author/creator | Marcum, Deanna B. author. |
| Other author | Schonfeld, Roger C., 1977- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021] |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Collaborating for access -- The dreamers -- A stunning announcement : libraries jump on board -- Unlocking access -- The academy protests -- Publishers, legal issues, settlement -- Seeking complementarities : the emergence of HathiTrust -- Implications -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | "An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital library Libraries have long talked about providing comprehensive access to information for everyone. But when Google announced in 2004 that it planned to digitize books to make the world's knowledge accessible to all, questions were raised about the roles and responsibilities of libraries, the rights of authors and publishers, and whether a powerful corporation should be the conveyor of such a fundamental public good. Along Came Google traces the history of Google's book digitization project and its implications for us today. Deanna Marcum and Roger Schonfeld draw on in-depth interviews with those who both embraced and resisted Google's plans, from librarians and technologists to university leaders, tech executives, and the heads of leading publishing houses. They look at earlier digital initiatives to provide open access to knowledge, and describe how Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page made the case for a universal digital library and drew on their company's considerable financial resources to make it a reality. Marcum and Schonfeld examine how librarians and scholars organized a legal response to Google, and reveal the missed opportunities when a settlement with the tech giant failed. Along Came Google sheds light on the transformational effects of the Google Books project on scholarship and discusses how we can continue to think imaginatively and collaboratively about expanding the digital availability of knowledge."--JSTOR website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographic references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed October 14, 2021) |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Marcum, Deanna B. Along came Google. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2021] 0691172714 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9780691208039 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 0691208034 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.1515/9780691208039380 |
| Stock number | 9519797 IEEE |
| Stock number | D0099B6B-EDC7-4119-A2F9-9A33EB188181 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv1ht3nw5 JSTOR |
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