The NY Times features a good review of the challenges associated with digitization.
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Google Offers Free Journal Digitization
Peter Suber reports that Google is offering publishers free digitization of their journal back issues. While there are some strings unsurprisingly attached, it appears to be an ideal method for journals to digitize and make available years of content currently confined to paper versions.
EU Pushes Forward with Digitization Program
Peter Suber reports that the EU has taken another step forward with its ambitious digitization program. Where is a much-needed Canadian strategy backed by government support?
Digitization Plans
The European Commission has announced that at least six million books, documents and other cultural works are to be put online and housed in the European Digital Library by 2010. The European Union's executive arm said it would help fund part of a network of digitization sites and study copyright […]
Canada’s Version of the Google Book Search Fight
The Google Book Search initiative has generated legal opposition from two influential writer and publisher groups, yet the issue has largely been confined to the U.S., since the U.S. fair use approach stands in marked contrast to the fair dealing user right found in Canada. While Google is unlikely to […]