Not Everyone Has Ceded Digitized Books To Google
"Google executives sound like they are doing the world an immense favor by digitizing books, rarely mentioning that they are in business to sell stuff, not give it away." One early alternative group devoted to open access, the Open Content Alliance, "is morphing into the Open Knowledge Commons, now supported by the Sloan Foundation, which will hold an organizational meeting at the Library of Congress next week." Boston Globe 12/02/08

Posted December 2, 2008 05:29 AM