April 8, 2005

Officials Say France's Plan to Digitize Its 'Cultural Patrimony' Is Not Just a Response to Google

By AISHA LABI

President Jacques Chirac of France has asked the head of the country's national library and the minister of culture and communication to plan a French-led project that would make millions of European literary works accessible on the Internet.

The move appears to be a response to a warning from Jean-Noël Jeanneney, president of the National Library of France, in an essay in the newspaper Le Monde in January. He said plans by Google and five leading academic institutions and

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