... in no particular order...
- What happens to the current contracts that some libraries have with Google?
- Will the subscription services include any features that would gather user information, such as anything that takes an email address?
- Will the subscription service include the commercial features, such as buying copies of out of print books?
- What will the capabilities be for public domain books? Download?
- Will print-on-demand be one of the possiblities?
- Will there be advertising on any of the products?
- How will pricing be determined? FTE? Amount of use?
- How often will pricing change? Will it be possible to lock in a price for a number of years?
- What plan is there for termination of the service by Google? Will all scans be escrowed? What happens to the service itself?
- Who can access the registry? What, if any, part of it will be public access?
- Copyright law has fairly broad allowances for educational and classroom use. Will this be replicated in the contracts with educational institutions?
- Can my library buy just those books it needs to round out its collection?
- What will the services be for public domain books - like printing, mashing together content from multiple books, etc?
- Why is there no mention of school libraries in the settlement? Were they purposely excluded?
- Is it true that OCLC network organizations are not allowed to negotiate as consortia under the settlement? Why is that?
- What is the status of works that have been scanned by a library or some other institution, but are contributed to Google Book Search? Do they have the same restrictions as books scanned by Google?
- Other than allowing or disallowing advertising, do rights holders have any say over the presentation of their works (e.g. use of covers, ranking, metadata?)
- Can a library combine its LDC database with any other digital copies for the purposes of non-consumptive research?
- Where does the book metadata come from? What data does it include?
- Does the definition of periodical (1.102, p. 13) include yearbooks (e.g. almanacs) and reference works (e.g. Physician's Desk Reference)?
- Can Google turn the institutional subscription service over to a third-party vendor at will?
- If Google excludes a book, will that information be publicly available in the registry? (p. 36)
- How is "government" defined on p. 42 in the pricing bands?
- If Google determines that book is in copyright, but perhaps is not, who can contest this?
- Can public libraries subscribe to the institutional subscription? If so, what is the cost basis? (The document says "FTE" but public libraries don't have FTE). (p. 42)
- If someone claims a book in the registry that they in fact have no rights over, how is this detected? Is there a penalty?
- Who is responsible for the accuracy of the registry?
- Will libraries or institutions be able to create collections within the GBS? That is, to select and mark particular items as part of a bibliography or reading list.
3 comments:
What about other services for public domain books - like printing, mashing together content from multiple books, etc?
Karen Coyle,
If you are one and the same, and I do think you are, we spent time together at Berkeley. I have traveled far and wide, and you most probably have as well, but I am close to Berkeley again these days. Where have you landed? Would so enjoy seeing you again.
Carol Mason Tregenza
It is I, and I am easy to find.
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