Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:00:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 57165046 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:35:42 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: From: "Joan K. Lippincott" X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-25-595188266 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Google and the Future of Higher Education X-Original-Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:35:42 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) --Apple-Mail-25-595188266 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Those of you in the DC area may be interested in this upcoming =20 symposium at Georgetown University. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Eighth Scholarly Communication Symposium Google and the Future of Higher Education On October 28, 2008, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of =20= American Publishers announced the settlement of the litigation =20 concerning the Google Books Project [http://books.google.com/]. Under =20= the project, Google has been scanning millions of books provided by =20 major research libraries and other sources. For those books not in =20 the public domain, publishers and authors claimed that Google=92s =20 scanning infringed their copyrights. The settlement [http://books.google.com/booksrightsholders/] presents =20= creates a mechanism for Google to pay rights holders for the right to =20= display more of the books=92 texts than it currently does under the =20 current program. Google will then distribute payments to copyright =20 owners. Google, in turn, will generate revenue through advertising =20 and by selling to users the ability to see full text. Our panel will address the clash between seemingly competing missions. =20= Google=92s goal is =93to organize the world=92s information and make it =20= universally accessible.=94 Is the academy surrendering its mission to =20= disseminate knowledge to a private corporation? We invite you to join =20= our speakers as they shed light on this case and its context for the =20 Georgetown community. Panel of Speakers: Siva Vaidhyanathan, Associate Professor, Media Studies Program, =20 University of Virginia = (http://www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/faculty.nsf/prfhpbw/sv2r=20 ) James Grimmelmann, Associate Professor, New York Law School = (http://james.grimmelmann.net/biography=20 ) Richard Brown, Director, Georgetown University Press, and moderator = (http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/reb7/=20 ) Friday, February 27, 2009 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Lauinger Library, Murray Room, 5th Floor Please RSVP to William Olsen, wco4@georgetown.edu Presented by the Georgetown University Libraries Scholarly =20 Communication Team= --Apple-Mail-25-595188266 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Those of you in the DC = area may be interested in this upcoming symposium at Georgetown = University.


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Eighth Scholarly Communication Symposium
Google = and the Future of Higher Education

On October 28, 2008, Google, = the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers announced = the settlement of the litigation concerning the Google Books Project [http://books.google.com/]. =  Under the project, Google has been scanning millions of books = provided by major research libraries and other sources.  For those = books not in the public domain, publishers and authors claimed that = Google=92s scanning infringed their copyrights.

The settlement = [http://books.google.c= om/booksrightsholders/] presents creates a mechanism for Google to = pay rights holders for the right to display more of the books=92 texts = than it currently does under the current program.  Google will then = distribute payments to copyright owners.  Google, in turn, will = generate revenue through advertising and by selling to users the ability = to see full text.

Our panel will address the clash between = seemingly competing missions. Google=92s goal is =93to organize the = world=92s information and make it universally accessible.=94  Is = the academy surrendering its mission to disseminate knowledge to a = private corporation?  We invite you to join our speakers as they = shed light on this case and its context for the Georgetown = community.

Panel of Speakers:

Siva Vaidhyanathan, = Associate Professor, Media Studies Program, University of Virginia (http:= //www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/faculty.nsf/prfhpbw/sv2r)
James = Grimmelmann, Associate Professor, New York Law School (http://james.grimmelmann.n= et/biography)
Richard Brown, Director, Georgetown University = Press, and moderator (http://explore.georget= own.edu/people/reb7/)


Friday, February 27, 2009 10 a.m. - = 11:30 a.m.
Lauinger Library, Murray Room, 5th Floor
Please RSVP to = William Olsen, wco4@georgetown.edu
Presented = by the Georgetown University Libraries Scholarly Communication = Team= --Apple-Mail-25-595188266--