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googlesoft gets the brush-off Post date  10.22.2007, 1:55 PM

posted by ben vershbow

This is welcome. Several leading American research libraries including the Boston Public and the Smithsonian have said no thanks to Google and Microsoft book digitization deals, opting instead for the more costly but less restrictive Open Content Alliance/Internet Archive program. The NY Times reports, and explains how private foundations like Sloan are funding some of the OCA partnerships.

Posted by ben vershbow on October 22, 2007 01:55 PM
tags: Microsoft, digitization, google, google_book_search, library, publicdomain

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