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Jean-Noël Jeanneney, president of the French national library, has since inspired 19 libraries to join the cause. The national libraries in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, and Sweden all signed and released an official oppositional statement soon after Google unveiled the project in December...
...April 29 editorial printed in the International Herald Tribune, Pierre Buhler, associate professor at the National Foundation of Political Science likewise criticized European attacks, particularly those of Jeanneney...
According to Jeanneney and other European leaders, the digitalization is bound to promulgate further the English language and its literatures, which already dominate cyberspace. Meanwhile, many works deemed sources of cultural inspiration in Europe will miss the “cut”—Google’s selection criteria—and thus the eyes and consideration of reading audiences, he said...
...Jeanneney said he instead envisioned a European search engine “at the service of culture,” showcasing culturally significant works of literature rather than those targeted by the market-oriented selection process that he attributes to Google...
...Jeanneney, however, also said that the possibility of bringing Google into the European project was being considered. Google representatives have so far complied with requests from European officials to discuss available options...