(news.ufl.edu): A six-part fall speaker series on the public’s access to books and their future continues Dec. 1 with a look at the impact of Google. “Google and the Future of Books” will be presented by Siva Vaidhyanathan, an associate professor of media studies and law at the University of Virginia. He will examine the following questions: What does the world look like through the lens of Google? How is Google’s ubiquity affecting the production and dissemination of knowledge? And, what danger does the Google Books scanning project pose for the legitimacy of the doctrine of fair use?
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