[InetBib] Book scanning: Microsoft gibt auf

[delin@xxxxxx (Delin, Peter)]

Vielleicht von allgemeinem Interesse der Artikel aus der New York Times 
von heute:
Microsoft Will Shut Down Book Search Program
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/technology/24soft.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
Mehr dazu: http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/05/microsoft-cans.html

Rick Prelinger vom Internet Archive, das mit MS zusammengearbeitet hat:

http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0805&L=amia-l&F=&S=&P=44023
As is often the case with announcements like this, there's good and bad 
news.  The good news is that Microsoft is removing the restrictions that 
it had placed on the out-of-copyright books they paid to scan.  These 
books will be available through the Internet Archive and the Open 
Library (http://openlibrary.org).  The Open Library supports full-text 
queries.  MSFT is also letting the IA keep the extensive scanning 
infrastructure that it partly paid to develop.  Book scanning with Open 
Content Alliance partners that are not MSFT partners is continuing.

The bad news is that MSFT's significant support for digitization will be 
winding down.  We are working to find funding so that we can continue, 
and even increase, our efforts.  We would like to keep the cultural 
heritage that's held by the world's major libraries accessible through 
the public and not-for-profit sector, rather than through a small number 
of commercial enterprises.

I think there's a important lesson here for public and nonprofit 
archives and libraries.  We can't rely on the commercial sector to build 
and maintain persistent, long-lasting collections.  If we're going to 
fulfill our mission to preserve cultural heritage, we will have to find 
ways to do it within  noncommercial institutions, organizations that can 
take a longer view without falling victim to short-term pressures.

Rick (speaking on his own, not for Internet Archive)

Kritik dazu: 
http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0805&L=amia-l&F=&S=&P=44151

Peter Delin
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
http://www.zlb.de/wissensgebiete/kunst_buehne_medien/videos
http://dvdbiblog.wordpress.com/ (privat)