Friday, October 21, 2005

Here at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Walking, walking, shaking hands! Lots of things to see here in Frankfurt. Just spent a good 2 hours in a debate about Google Print.

There is lots of anxiety about Googles intentions. Many publisher’s questions from the floor indicated a lot of paranoia around the copyright issues. This needs explaining with further debate. Seems to me there is a need for a community web site to educate the publishers and relevant associations. More Photos here

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Here is the rundown on the symposium:

Google And Beyond: Who Will Digitise Our Books?

A joint symposium by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the International Publishers Association (IPA)

Chairs: Claudia Lux (IFLA) and Herman P. Spruijt (IPA)

Programme:
Jean-Noël Jeanneney, President Bibliothèque nationale de France The European Ambition on Library Digitisation

Jim Gerber, Content Partnerships Director Google, USA Google Print: Benefits for Libraries, Publishers and Consumers

Frances Boyle, Electronic Resources Manager - Bodleian Library Oxford, United Kingdom
The Library Perspective from a Google Librarian

Matthias Ulmer, Publisher
Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Germany
The Project of the Arbeitskreis Volltextsuche

Professor Peter Ingwersen
Department of Information Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
How Good Are Search Engines? Deep Structuring vs. Flat Searching