Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge : A View from Europe Paperback / softback
by Jean-Noel Jeanneney
Paperback / softback
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The announcement that Google would digitize the holdings of several major libraries sent shock waves through the book industry and academe.
Google presented this digital repository as a first step toward a long-dreamed-of universal library, but skeptics quickly raised concerns about the potential for copyright infringement and unanticipated effects on the business of research and publishing.
Jean-Noel Jeanneney, former president of France's Bibliotheque Nationale, here takes aim at what he sees as a far more troubling aspect of Google's Library Project: its potential to misrepresent - and even damage - the world's cultural heritage.
Jeanneney argues here that Google's unsystematic digitization of books from a few partner libraries and its reliance on works written mostly in English constitute acts of selection that can only extend the dominance of American culture abroad.
As a leading librarian, Jeanneney remains enthusiastic about the archival potential of the Web. But he argues that the short-term thinking characterized by Google's digital repository must be countered by long-term planning on the part of cultural and governmental institutions worldwide - a serious effort to create a truly comprehensive library, one based on the politics of inclusion and multiculturalism.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:108 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:16/10/2007
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- ISBN:9780226395784
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:108 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:16/10/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780226395784