French Library Wants In on Digitizing Books for the World The head of France’s national library Jean-Noel Jeanneney has offered remarks to both Le Monde and Le Figaro indicating concern that Google’s plans to digitize the collections of academic libraries presents “a risk of crushing domination by America in defining the idea that future generations have of the world.” In connection with the campaign, the library will put 22 French periodicals and newspapers going back to the 19th century online. According to Reuters, he wants the European Union to help with broader digitization and create it own search engines. All […]
