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European Libraries Counter Google Digitisation
headisdead writes "A week after Google substantially improved their UK site, Deutsche-Welle carry the story that the a whole host of large European libraries (with the British Library's tacit support) have joined an EU-based digitisation project as a counter to Google's own library scheme. The project is the brainchild of BNF director Jean-Noel Jeanneney, a sort of mild-mannered Jose Bove for the librarians out there. Divisive pride, or healthy competition?"
The day after they put their separate library on line, googlebot will index and assimilate it anyway...
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
Divisive pride? What the hell is that? How does starting a different project in any way interfere with or "counter" Google's efforts?
I get enough manufactured controversy ignoring the commercials for my evening news.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Its amazing that something so great exists in this world! The glorious idea of capitalism!
Aye, just wait until the GoogleFiremen start making the rounds!
Look out! The British Royal Library is making its move!!!
Did you ever notice that *nix doesn't even cover Linux?
Remember, Google doesn't own the patent on innovation.
The USPTO is already reviewing Microsoft's patent application on innovation as we speak...
He who has no
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News that's fair. Stuff that's balanced.
. . . BNF director Jean-Noel Jeanneney . . .
At first read, I wondered why Backus-Naur Form needed a director.
^_^
Oh Great American Lord,
I apologize to be the small european insect I am.
Please continue to show me the way to the True-Way-Of-Life.
How to make war to the rest of the world.
How to destroy the eco-system as much as possible.
How to elect stupid arrogant bastards.
How to venere our Lord the Market.
How to refute silly theory like Darwinism, etc. and be true biggots.
How to give weapons to our child so they can be mass murderers.
And, most of all, how to give lessons to everyone without the slightest doubt.
Amen.
Et, tant que t'y est , VTDLC, gros bouffon.
Maybe French=Freedom after all.
First thing Bush got right, hey?
Hate to tell you, but any history you have America shares. It might not have happened here, but it happened to my ancestors as much as it did yours.
The US is the longest running continuous government in the modern world.
European Libraries are... co-operating with one another, empowered and disempowered on the basis of sex and sex-linked traits. the
http://relet.net/gtr/gtdb.php?id=87
...are in preparation, also funded by the us poultry genome project website; bdgp:
http://relet.net/gtr/gtdb.php?id=86