Federal judge rejects plans for Google digital library
A federal judge on March 22 rejected a deal between internet search leader Google Inc. and the book industry that would have put millions of volumes online, citing…
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Google putting its digital library to the test
Google Inc. is giving researchers nearly a half-million dollars to test the academic value of its rapidly growing online library.
Librarians: Many faculty members embrace digitization
The sentimentality that college faculty members have for the old-fashioned campus library isn’t the norm at some institutions with vast digital libraries, higher-education librarians and technologists say—countering recent…
All-digital newsstand coming to college stores
College students will be able to access digitized publications from around the world starting in August, including many that can be incorporated into their course work, after the…
Google rebuts DOJ objections to digital book deal
Google Inc. wants the digital rights to millions of books badly enough that it's willing to take on the U.S. Department of Justice in a court battle over…
Professors file petition against Google Books settlement
From UC Berkeley to Cornell, more than 80 professors have signed a petition against a pending settlement agreement between Google Inc. and authors and publishers, reports the Daily…