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Open Content Alliance versus Google Books

Monday, June 21st, 2010

CCA OCA presentation Presentation on Open Content Alliance versus Google Books, reflecting the November 2009 Google Books settlement, at the Canadian Communication Association Conference, Congress, June 2, 2010, Montreal. Looks at OCA and Google Books from the perspectives of public sphere theory and network theory (Castells). OCA seen as a better fit for the public [...]

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Open Content Alliance (OCA) vs. Google Books: OCA as superior network and better fit for an emerging global public sphere

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Preprint. Based on paper for Peter Chow-White’s CMNS 815 class, fall 2009. Next version to be presented at the Spring 2010 Canadian Communication Association conference. Available from SFU’s D-Space at: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/10651 The Open Content Alliance (OCA) is a network of libraries and similar organizations committed to digitizing and providing broadest possible access to books and [...]

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