February 17, 2006

U. of Michigan President Defends Library's Role in Book-Scanning Project

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

The president of the University of Michigan, Mary Sue Coleman, said in a speech to publishers of scholarly books last week that her institution's participation in the controversial Google Library Project is "a legal, ethical, and a noble endeavor." But many of the publishers responded with indignation.

Librarians on the university's Ann Arbor campus have agreed to let Google scan and digitize all of the library's books — including those still protected by

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