putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999
I’m as confused as you are about the Google Books settlement. I’ve found a few analyses helpful.
It’s a more “okay now walk the talk” look at what the settlement says explicitly, what it allows for, and how it should be handled.
I went to two interesting sessions yesterday which I blogged about for PLA.
Creating a Digital Library on a Shoestring, Laurie Thompson and Sarah Houghton
Right of Center and Still Balanced – Susan Hill
I also went to a WebJunction event where I met some interesting regional librarians from Iowa, and a Library Journal awards dinner at the top of the Prudential celebrating the best small libraries where I met some new-to-Boston librarians from Missouri. It was a fun shindig made even better by the fact that the library who won last year, the Haines Borough Public Library is actually one that I’ve been to, way back when.