The US Google Book Settlement and its potential implications has captured the attention and imagination of a range of people, from those working within higher and further education to publishers, authors, libraries, museums and archives. Google’s initiative has seen approximately seven million books digitised by the search engine company through partnerships with libraries, publishers and authors, and interest has grown as developments have slowly unfolded.
As a result of this, JISC has created a space to keep the higher and further education communities abreast of news and events as they happen. It is not only aimed at offering up-to-date developments, but also offers the opportunity to comment on issues which encroach on surrounding debates such as the use and re-use of digital content and Intellectual Property Rights more broadly, as well as issues around the monetisation of digital content.
Notably, this is aimed primarily at gauging the views of universities and colleges, but it is also a great way for JISC to be able to gauge the views of the public-sector holistically. The site is:
http://writetoreply.org/googlebooks
Please do feel free to add your own comments and opinions as well as to share with colleagues.
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