Archive for the ‘Digitization’ Category

France to Google: Non

Stop!Google has stumbled a step in its path towards world domination after a court in France ruled that the search engine company is breaking French law with its Google Books project, handing down a daily fine equivalent to $15,000 until the data in question is completely removed.

The case marks yet another instance in which the European Union and its member nations have exhibited a more progressive stance on copyright protection, and more aggressive stance against corporate interests, as evidenced by their recent $1.5 billion fine against Microsoft.

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Pocket-Sizing the Public Library

E-readers are all the rage these days. From the Amazon Kindle and its electronic paper display from E Ink Corporation, to the Apple iPhone and Google’s Android operating system for smartphones, society is at a tipping point in the transition from print to digital media consumption. Mobile computing devices are closer than ever to delivering the “pleasant” experience of reading a printed book, and the imminent arrival of network-enabled (Wi-Fi AND 3G) Kindle-type devices may further hasten this metamorphosis.

tiny books

Soon we will be able to fit an entire library of books in our backpack or even our pockets. Are libraries prepared for this brave new world?

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Califa 2009 Digitization Symposium

Today I’m attending my first academic conference, the 2009 Digitization Symposium, hosted by the Califa Library Group. Most of the other attendees here are library professionals, but the conference sounds interesting and it is local–and cheap. So I hauled my bike on to Caltrain and headed for the SF Public Library.

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