Topic: Libraries
AP News | 2010-01-17 04:17:41
This Nov. 15, 2009 photo shows an employee of the Iraq National Library inspecting the tractate from the Babylonian Talmud at the library in Baghdad, Iraq. Saad Eskander, the library's director, is leading efforts to return another, extensive collection ...
AP News | 2010-01-14 04:03:10
<div id="subtitle">New study shows boom in Internet access at libraries, but not in funding</div><div><p>The state of the country's public libraries: Higher demand, tighter funding and much more connected.</p><p>"The Condition of U.S. Public Libraries, Trends 1999-2009," compiled by ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-12 18:10:32
<div><p>France agreed Tuesday to work with Google in a programme to digitally scan French library books but insisted it would not surrender legal control of its cultural heritage to the US Internet giant.</p><p>Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said he would discuss sharing digital files of works from France ...
AP News | 2010-01-12 17:07:09
<div id="subtitle">France plans to build homegrown rival to Google Books, in collaboration with publishers</div><div><p>France's culture minister on Tuesday unveiled a plan for adapting the country's literary patrimony to the digital age by developing what he hopes will prove a uniquely Gallic competitor to Google ...
