From Gutenberg to Google.

If you talk to librarians or academic publishers, or attend one of their meetings, you will very likely get an earful about Google. It's been nearly six months since the company announced that it would work with five of the world's largest libraries in an effort to scan millions of books and make the full texts part of its popular search index (The Chronicle, January 7). But some librarians and publishers say they are still in the early stages of understanding what the project's impact might be on their fields, and on scholarship in general. The Chronicle asked five key players to comment on the project and its meaning.

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By Jeffrey R. Young