New Digital Libraries to Make College Library Content Free – For Everyone

According to Wired Web (off-site link), excitement is growing for open source projects that make college library content freely available:

“Google’s ambitious book-scanning project may be the talk of the publishing world, but some college librarians are more excited by the Open Content Alliance, a similar endeavor led by Brewster Kahle, director of the nonprofit Internet Archive…While Google imposes some usage restrictions on the works it scans from college libraries, the Open Content Alliance aims to keep its scanned material squarely in the public domain.”

Open source book projects are good news for distance learning students – many of whom currently write papers and conduct research projects without access to a university library.

Discover more useful student resources:
10 Indispensible (and Free) Web Resources for Students
Use Google to Find Quotes for Your Research Papers
OpenCourseWare