The great equalizer.(Google Inc.'s library digitization)(Column) From: Searcher | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Quint, Barbara | COPYRIGHT 2005 Information Today, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Chatter about Google's library digitization project continues to fill the electronic conversations and trade press of librarians. Stephen Abram's "The Google Opportunity" in Library Journal (February 1, 2005) challenged librarians to rise to the occasion. "Google's new initiatives are rocking our world. Here's how to rock back," he proclaims, listing 10 key steps needed to implement that transformation. But the next issue of LJ carried a "Digital Libraries" column by Roy Tennant (...