Librarians vs. Google: Fighting the Web Giant’s Book Deal

Critics of Google’s book-searching agreement with publishers and authors were cheered last week when antitrust regulators in the Justice Department set their sights on the search giant’s publishing deal, demanding more information. “This is a monumental settlement that’s at stake, and for the government to show this kind of attention is heartening,” says Lee Van Orsdel, dean of university libraries at Grand Valley State University.

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