Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge A View from Europe

Name: Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge A View from Europe
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ISBN: 9780226395777

ISBN-10: 0226395774

ISBN-13: 9780226395777

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jean Noï¿½l Jeanneney, Teresa Lavender Fagan, Ian Wilson

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.572

Teresa Lavender Fagan is a freelance translator living in Chicago; she has translated numerous books for the University of Chicago Press and other publishers.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction


A Resounding Announcement


A Healthy Jolt


Brush Fire


Europe on the March


Meanwhile, in the United States


The Lines Are Drawn


Realism and Promptness



Remarkable Progress


A Positive Outlook


The Book Will Survive


The Need for Librarians and Booksellers



At the Mercy of the Market


The “Invisible Hand”


Film and Audiovisuals


Overwhelming Advertising



Hyperpower


India, China, the Arab World, Africa


Europe––the Courage to Be Different


What “Gondola End”?



The Difficulties of a Response


Cooperatives: Strengths and Limitations


Public Money


Image Mode, Text Mode, Metadata



One European Search Engine––or Several?


The Loftiest Aspiration


Google Is Not Immortal


Longevity as an Obsession



Organizing Knowledge


The Harvest and the Display


Disorganized Bulk––an Absolute Danger


Transparency, Flexibility, and Rigor



A Cultural Project, an Industrial Project


Two Facets of the Same Aspiration


Publishers Are Essential


What Structure? What Budget?



A Broader Perspective Translator’s


Afterword