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The mission of the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) is to (1) To provide a forum for discussion of problems, concerns, and for exchange of ideas by librarians working with government documents; (2) to provide a force for initiating and supporting programs to increase availability, use, and bibliographic control of documents; (3) to increase communication between documents librarians and other librarians; (4) to contribute to the extension and improvement of education and training of documents librarians.

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Google Book Search: What impact with the GBS saga have on copyright reform?

  • 1.  Google Book Search: What impact with the GBS saga have on copyright reform?

    Posted Jan 22, 2014 01:18 PM

    Hi -


    This is not a GODORT Sponsored talk but it might be of interest to many of you.  I'm posting this on behalf of Carrie Russell, the Program Director Public Access to Information which is part of ALA OITP (Office for Information Technology Policy).  


     Google Book Search: What impact with the GBS saga have on copyright reform?


    1-2:30pm Sunday


    Convention Center 114


    Fred von Lohmann (legal counsel to Google, formerly at Electronic Frontier Foundation) will discuss the court dismissal of Authors Guild v. Google. 


    The library associations’ amicus brief on behalf of Google was referenced by Judge Chin who said that GBS “has become an invaluable research tool that permits, teachers, librarians, and others to more efficiently identify and locate books.” He continues, “It has given scholars the ability, for the first time, to conduct full-text searches of tens of millions of books. It preserves books, in particular out-of-print and old books that have been forgotten in the bowels of libraries, and it gives them new life.”


    The Authors Guild, however, has appealed. Will the decision have any impact on Congress’ promised review of the copyright law?  Laura Quilter from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Lisa Macklin from Emory University will serve as respondents. 


    This will be a great program with some “behind the scenes” details. 


     


    Thanks!


    -Carrie


    Carrie Russell


    Program Director, Public Access to Information


    ALA Office for Information Technology Policy


    1615 New Hampshire Avenue NW First Floor


    Washington, DC 20009