US Test Analysis: Google and Library Development Online Book Library US Computer Network Group Google decided to work with the five major libraries to create the world's largest digital online library. Some people compare this development with the inventions of typography and believe that this information revolution will change the world.
* Retrieve computerization, facing the world *
Stanford University Library is one of the five major libraries cooperated with Google. Shao Dongfang, the director of Stanford East Asia Library, said that after digitalization and retrieving computerization, their Tibetans will be open to the world. The readers can see the electronic version of books and literature on the Internet.
* Open and copyright *
He said: "Some readers will ask, after the million books are online, how much can we see? Now we can guarantee that we will set a public area. Any book before 1922, strictly speaking, everyone You can see it. So you can see all books without copyright restrictions through the Google Print website. For books with copyright restrictions, we will also solve the readers to see some of the contents of some content. For example, see seal Page and the first few pages, etc. Readers can learn from this book, you can purchase or borrow directly. This is good for publishers and is beneficial to readers. Free access to readers and provide corresponding information. This is a big progress. "
* Google attracts visitors *
Google International Media Manager Dai Bi Frost said that Google can get rich and valuable information in the process of helping the five large library books.
She said: "Of course, this inevitably increases the number of people from our website. This is important for Google."
* Good opportunity or crisis? *
Some people believe that Google and the five major libraries have not only accelerated the speed of information and knowledge, but accelerate the promotion of scientific research results, but also reduce book management costs, save human resources, facilitate reading and interdisciplinary research, beneficial Communication in the world.
But some people think that this plan will touch copyright protection issues, affect people's reading habits, resulting in the crisis of libraries and publishing industry.
Professor He Dehua, the University of California, Berkeley, believes that Although Google's plan will bring us a lot of convenience, it is actually a drunkenness is not in the wine.
He Dehua: "The people who are visible to the Internet are some students and college students. They use Google's information to have a good sense. These companies have added their reputation when they do their best, open the brand. The user has a good sense, and will often browse its website in the future. "
* Information is easy, teachers function change *
Professor Wu Jiahui, Department of Business Administration, California, Berkeley, believes that the view of the pros and cons of information change to society is a question of seeing the benevolence. He said that the rapid development of the online world has changed the economic structure of human information resources. Once upon time, access to information resources is quite expensive and costly. One of the primary tasks of teachers is to teach their resources to students to students for many years.
Professor Wu Jiahui said: "I feel this huge change from years of teaching experience. In the past years, teachers have to spend years to learn and obtain information, and then teach students. Now only one subject has so much information, students And the same convenience can get the same information directly. This changed the teacher's role. Let us now have to focus on how to help students screen, digest, and analyze this. "
* The benefits of propagation and commercialization *
Professor Wu Jiahui believes that Google has cooperated with the five major libraries to open the world's first digital library that can make us use information resources, focus on information analysis and understanding, and ultimately improve human thinking.
Some experts believe that Google's digital library plans to lead the major libraries and independent knowledge sources to commercialization. It is still difficult to predict.
* How does Google profit? *
However, Google's International Media Manager Dai Bi Frost said: "Honestly, we have not decided to make this plan's profitability problem so far. We may learn from the Google Print's goal, when users Looking for a book, or when browsing this book from other places, we will be on the next page of the page, or bring the user to the publisher's website to facilitate more Information. These two ways are still considering, there is no decision. "Alan Wena, an analyst of the information technology research institution, said whether Google maintains the market share of online advertising, in the network Information materials and Yahoo have made a conace but now it is difficult to say.
Wena said: "Google's digital library has a big distance from success, and so far, they have not yet announced any business plans that can determine success. What ways do they use these information? Let users Subscribe, or by using the number of times to earn advertising fee? These details have not been announced. Before we publish these decisive plans, it is difficult to succeed in business. "
