E-Content in Libraries: 2013 in Review (Trends, Reflections, Highlights) | No Shelf Required
peter.suber's bookmarks 2013-12-15
Summary:
"[W]e may draw some conclusions about the e-content trends likely to dominate 2014: ...Content still wants to be free (to the user) — Well, clearly it does. Because we keep getting more free access to it all the time, from both expected sources like Open Access initiatives UnGlue.It and Knowledge Unlatched and the newly launched Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and the less likely sources like for-profit academic publishers. The biggest confirmation of the value of free access in the 21st century came just last month when the long-running Google Books lawsuit (which accused Google of copying millions of books without permission) was dismissed. “In my view,” said U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin, ,”Google Books provides significant public benefits…Indeed, all society benefits.” ..."