Google and the myth of universal knowledge : a view from Europe /

Google and the myth of universal knowledge : a view from Europe /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jeanneney, Jean Noël, 1942-
Uniform title:	Quand Google défie l'Europe. English
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 92 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Google (Firm) Google (Firm) Google. Google. Web search engines -- Europe. Electronic information resources -- Europe. Digital libraries. Library materials -- Digitization. Libraries and the Internet. Information organization. Internet -- Social aspects. Internet industry -- Europe. Digital libraries. Electronic information resources. Information organization. Internet industry. Internet -- Social aspects. Libraries and the Internet. Library materials -- Digitization. Web search engines. Europe.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11347121

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Other authors / contributors:	Fagan, Teresa Lavender.
ISBN:	9780226395838 0226395839 0226395774 9780226395777
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Translated from the French. Print version record.
Summary:	The recent announcement that Google will 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 towards a long-dreamed-of universal library, but skeptics were quick to raise a number of concerns about the potential for copyright infringement and unanticipated effects on the business of research and publishing.℗¡Jean-Noël Jeanneney, president of France's Bibliothèque Nationale, here takes aim at what he sees as a far more troubling aspect of Google's Library Project: its potential to misrep.
Other form:	Print version: Jeanneney, Jean Noël, 1942- Quand Google défie l'Europe. English. Google and the myth of universal knowledge. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2007 0226395774 9780226395777

Table of Contents:

Remarkable progress
At the mercy of the market
Hyperpower
The difficulties of a response
One European search engine, or several?
Organizing knowledge
A cultural project, an industrial project.