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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2005, Vol. 6 Issue (11): 5-    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2005.A1195
    
Million Book Project vs Google™ Print
ST. CLAIR Gloriana
University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Abstract  Google’s announcement that it intended to digitize all the books in several major research libraries was met with mixed reactions. John Wilkin at the University of Michigan declared “This is the day the world changes,” while Rory Litwin said in Library Juice that the move would “commercialize the great research libraries with a handshake, suddenly and epochally.” The four directors of the Universal Library and Million Book Project have received many questions about the comparative aspects of our work and Google Print. My purpose is to compare the two, talking about their genesis, the realities of collections and logistics, and the worries that arise from these realities.

Key wordsGoogle      Million Book Project      Universal Library     
Received: 05 August 2005     
CLC:  TP391  
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ST. CLAIR Gloriana. Million Book Project vs Google™ Print. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2005, 6(11): 5-.

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