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...with, well, things that aren’t letters. After Google complained, Booble changed its presentation.More recently, Google proposed to scan several thousand books from the nation’s most prestigious institutions, including Harvard, to create a virtual library. Recalling his chat with the founders, Sidney Verba ’53, Carl H. Pforzheimer Uniersity Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library. had serious doubts over handling massive amounts of such delicate material: “I don’t know how to put this—I had the feeling they were smoking something...
...counsel and vice president of corporate development, wrote on Google’s corporate blog Wednesday.HUL, which is not a party to the lawsuits, supports Google’s interpretation of copyright law and will continue with the project, Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library Sidney Verba ’53 wrote in a statement.“We believe that the Google Library Project, which is creating a revolutionary new information-location tool to find materials available in libraries, will greatly benefit scholarship, teaching, and the general public’s access to books and information...
...chance. The lot was quietly given away to the library by then-Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine four years ago.“I don’t know what made him choose the library,” says Director of the Harvard University Library Sidney Verba ’53. “I think maybe KSG and FAS expressed interest, but I don’t really remember.” The College may not even have been notified that the space was available for bidding. A College official from the time who spoke on condition...
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...Verba added that he is very excited about the project’s ability to fight the growing notion that “all the world’s knowledge” can be found on websites...