The Google Book Settlement & Libraries

There has been an overwhelming amount of news about the Google Book settlement. Questions still remain about how this will impact libraries in the long run. Here are some sources from both sides to help annotate this issue.

UMass is a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). They have published a Guide for the Perplexed.

Google blogs about many of the services. Here are two threads from their Google Books Blog on Libraries and the Settlement.

New York Law School has created a free web resource about this issue which deals with the legal ramifications.

Lastly: The Electronic Frontier Foundation deals with free speech advocacy in the digital age and has blogged about potential privacy issues here.

This is a lot of information about a complex issue. Browse through these, or feel free to find other resources. This issue could change libraries drastically. How remains to be seen. Comments?