I agree that Librarians 'hold rights for people'. Librarians are trained to understand the privacy issues of the client. What happens to a patron's privacy when someone untrained in librarianship is checking out their books? Along this issue is the abdication by libraries of how information is "copied" and tagged for later retrieval. The Google project, which seems so wondrous, is actually much more complex. Siva Vaidhyanathan has been debating the issue in his blogs. Who controls the Access points of information as well as what parts of the information is copied controls the meaning of the materials. Libraries should step up to the plate and begin speaking out, after all Access points, freedom of speech, understanding how filtering is the same as censorship are really the Librarian's prevue.
Bibliography:
Brito, J. (2005, Nov 28). Vaidhyanathan on Google Print. Retrieved Oct 15, 2007, from The Technological Liberation Front : http://www.techliberation.com/archives/027245.php
Fister, B. (2005, Nov 29). Siva Vaidhyanathan on Outsourcing Risk. Retrieved Oct 14, 2007, from ACRLog: http://acrlblog.org/2005/11/29/siva-vaidhyanathan-on-outsourcing-risk/
Vaidhyanathan, S. (2006, Feb 7). Madison and Vaidhyanathan on the U Mich President's Google Speech. Retrieved Oct 15, 2007, from Sivacracy.net: http://www.sivacracy.net/2006/02/madison_and_vaidhyanathan_on_t.html
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