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The Surprising History of Google's Push to Scan Millions of Library Books
From This Week with EdSurge · Hosted by Ira Apfel
December 21, 2021·31:27
Episode summary
In this episode of This Week with EdSurge: Back in 2004 Google made a splash with a plan to scan nearly the entire book collections of some of the world's largest libraries. But soon it became clear the actual plan would turn out to be far more controversial than its organizers probably ever imagined.
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Back in 2004 Google made a splash with a plan to scan nearly the entire book collections of some of the world's largest libraries. But soon it became clear the actual plan would turn out to be far more controversial than its organizers probably ever imagined.