Making the dream of digital libraries come true

Friday, August 28, 2009 | 1:20 PM

Labels: copyright, European Union, Publishing

The European Commission today set out more detail on the future of its digital library project Europeana and the Commissioner has stated how she welcomes the evolution of new business models. It's exciting as the project aims to bring even more books, paintings and pictures online.

Sure, some people have suggested this means there's some sort of competition between Europeana and our own projects on books. I guess it makes a nice headline, but it's just not true. The fact is that bringing our cultural heritage online is a tremendous undertaking that can only be achieved by both private and public effort. Both services are complimentary. Indeed, Google is working hard to expand its cooperation with European libraries which form Europeana's backbone.

Google has already forged partnerships to scan public domain works with 30 libraries all around the world, including the Oxford University, the Bavarian State Library, the University of Lausanne and the University of Ghent. Google Books contains works in more than 100 languages. Just this week, the Italian Ministry of Culture announced that it would like to work with us to accelerate scanning of Italian-language works.

I recently visited one of our library partners, the Ghent library. I was amazed by the progress there. In just two years, almost 100,000 of the university's of public domain books have been scanned, making them available to anyone anywhere in the world. An Australian or African studying 17th-century Flemish art history now has access to a treasure trove of Dutch-language books, without needing to travel all the way to Belgium or to attend the University of Ghent. This revolutionary spread of knowledge represents the inspiration of projects such as Europeana and Google Books.

Of course, a key challenge for such projects is how to revive access to books that are in copyright, but are out of print. Until now, it is very difficult for projects like Europeana or Google Books to enable readers to access these books, even though they represent the bulk of library collections. In Ghent, for example, we only scan work published before the mid 19th-century.

By contrast, Google last year reached a groundbreaking agreement with an international class of authors and publishers that aims to bring back to life millions of these out of print in copyright books. If an American court approves, readers in the U.S. will be able for the first time to search, preview and buy online access to a great number of out-of-print books scanned as part of Google Book Search. A new non-profit registry will be set up to locate the rights holders of these in copyright but difficult to find books and collect and distribute revenues to authors and publishers.

The Commission is holding an information hearing on this agreement in Brussels on September 7. We welcome this as an opportunity to talk about the agreement and on how to develop solutions contributing to spread knowledge and culture through projects like Google Books and Europeana. Here, too, the European Commission Communication released today is helpful, as it launches a public consultation about how to allow for the developments of services similar to the one proposed under the US Google Book agreement. Google is interested in pursuing all avenues of strengthening and expanding our partnership with this ambitious digitization effort.

Posted by Antoine Aubert, European Copyright Policy Manager

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Премьер раскритиковал региональные власти

Доля неэффективных расходов в сфере образования составляет около 140 миллиардов рублей. Такие цифры на совещании по вопросам подготовки к началу учебного года привел сегодня Владимир Путин.

Премьер подчеркнул, что в этом году финансирование отрасли увеличилось, но судя по анализу, который провел Минрегион, картина далека от идеальной: порядка 19 % всех выделенных денег ушли не по назначению. По словам Путина, на те 140 миллиардов можно было повысить зарплаты учителям на четверть, или построить 300 новых школ.

Владимир Путин, председатель Правительства РФ: «Когда мы ищем причины слабой подготовки школ к учебному году, необходимо в первую очередь посмотреть на степень эффективности расходов бюджетных средств, как в каждом конкретном регионе были расставлены приоритеты, куда пошли деньги.

В 2008 году и даже в кризисном 2009-м продолжался рост расходов на госуправление в регионах Российской Федерации. По данным за 2008 год, доля неэффективных расходов, связанных с содержанием аппаратов управления, достигла 34 %. Неоправданно увеличивается численность чиновников, слабо идет реструктуризация бюджетной сети.

Граждан в большинстве регионов не удовлетворяет качество предоставляемых публичных услуг, в том числе в сфере образования. Свыше 30 % опрошенных считают работу в этой сфере неудовлетворительной».

Хорошие новости есть для молодежи, которая учится в вузах. Студенты с хорошей успеваемостью теперь смогут рассчитывать на целый ряд льгот — будет предоставляться отсрочка платежа по кредитам на весь период обучения, государство намерено субсидировать процентную ставку по образовательным кредитам. Кроме того, молодые люди смогут брать кредит на обучение без залога и поручителей, передает НТВ.

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Back to School As a Web Worker

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Many web workers welcome August and September because their kids head back to school, making work a little easier. But some web workers are excited about the fall for another reason: because they’re heading to school themselves.

Advancing your education can often make sense: you can learn new skills, earn more money and even add a couple of important-sounding letters after your name. But it also requires an ability to balance your responsibilities at school and at work.

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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

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In September 9 AD, Germanic tribesmen slaughtered three Roman legions in a battle that marked the "big bang" of the German nation and created its first hero -- Hermann. The country is marking the 2,000th anniversary with restraint because the myth of Hermann remains tainted by the militant nationalism that would later be associated with Hitler. By David Crossland in Kalkriese, Germany more...

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THE HISTORY OF YACHTWORLD

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Backwhen the Web was brand new, a yacht broker in Seattle developed an idea so good that it changed her entire idustry. She called it YachtWorld.com

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Fraser Yacht is universally recognised as the unrivalled expert in luxury yacht services. Wit a team of over 150 professionals in 11 different offices speaking over 25 languages, no other yachting company can boast such a wealth of expertise, experience and global coverage of the superyacht market. Fraser Yacht's clients are assured of creative-thinking and innovative solutions along with a unique level of professional service, honesty and integrity.

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Telecom: Wireless wonder boy

Anthony Lacavera is puzzling over his cellphone bills. Spread out on a boardroom table are two multi-pagers detailing his mobile use — one from Rogers and another from T-Mobile, his U.S. provider. “I spend 500 bucks and they give me five bucks off,” he says. “Isn’t that a joke, man?” More items catch his attention. “Look at this: pooling fee. Isn’t that crazy?” Lacavera says he has no idea what a pooling fee is.

He’s almost certainly hamming it up. Lacavera knows wireless. At least he should. He’s taking a billion-dollar gamble that his privately held company, Globalive Communications Corp., based in Toronto, will be the next national wireless carrier, alongside Bell, Telus and Rogers Communications Inc. (parent of Canadian Business). He’ll need to know about his competitors’ operations in detail (pooling fees, too) before he launches a wireless service in two yet-to-be-determined cities (among Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa) later this year, followed by the remaining three in early 2010.

Lacavera, an audacious 35-year-old with gelled hair and well-tailored suits, is either poised to shake up the cozy $16-billion wireless industry in Canada — or about to fail spectacularly. “I would not under any circumstances bet against him,” says Duncan Stewart, director of Deloitte Canada Research. “The only thing is, he’s in an industry where an awful lot of smart, intelligent people have done their best and not succeeded.”

A handful of newcomers are itching to charge into wireless. But Globalive is the only one with national aspirations. Lacavera spent more than any new player to scoop up spectrum the federal government auctioned last summer — $442 million on licences in every province except Quebec. And he’s committed to spending another $1.4 billion over 10 years, largely to build his network. Other newcomers have smaller ambitions, focusing on either a specific region, such as Vidéotron in Quebec, or on a single tier of customers.

Lacavera wants more. “If I say we should raise a million dollars for a venture, he’ll say, ‘Why don’t we raise $25 million?’” says Ari Yakobson, a friend and business associate. Lacavera went so far as to land a billionaire investor for Globalive — Naguib Sawiris, who runs Orascom Telecom Holding in Egypt and presides over a wireless empire in Africa, the Middle East and Asia that has more customers than Canada has people.

The partnership suggests Lacavera’s goal of snatching up to 15% of the Canadian market in less than a decade may be more than mere fantasy. But huge obstacles stand in his way. Lacavera is squarely in the sights of the three market giants—and he’ll have to fend off attempts to crush him as he girds for a possible price war. The incumbents pumped up promotion of their discount brands months ago in response to the new competition, and they’re now locking users into contracts to shrink the potential customer base available to a new rival.

Lacavera’s billionaire backer, meanwhile, is swimming in nearly US$8 billion in debt after a handful of expensive telecom acquisitions. And as if that wasn’t enough, Telus recently wrote to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), urging it to take a hard look at the partnership. In September, the regulator will subject Globalive to a rare public review to determine if it complies with foreign-ownership rules. The incumbents will no doubt argue Orascom’s involvement runs afoul of the law. The CRTC is making the review public to clarify foreign ownership rules, analysts say.

Effectively, this is a test case. Lacavera could be forced to alter the very arrangement that gives him an edge, and he clearly hates being slowed down. He bristles with energy, knee bouncing during conversation, his speech jumbled with too many thoughts. Not even building a national wireless business is enough — this guy has dabbled in producing Broadway theatre, angel investing, and he operates a charitable organization. But wireless is his biggest and riskiest venture yet — and he responds to the challenges with characteristic bravado. “We’re still going to be in the market,” he says. “There’s nothing they can do to stop us.”

Going wireless was obvious. Roughly 30% of Canadians are not yet mobile users, a large percentage compared with other countries. It was a natural extension of the business Lacavera founded in 1998 after graduating with a degree in computer engineering from the University of Toronto. Lacavera was an average student, more interested in girls and bars than studying, but he developed an entrepreneurial streak in the mid-1990s after joining a web-design business founded by fellow classmates. The venture didn’t last, so he quickly zeroed in on another.

A crop of new carriers sprouted up to compete with the likes of Bell Canada after Ottawa deregulated local phone markets in 1998. Lacavera formed Canopco Inc. with some engineering buddies at age 24 to provide the companies with teleconferencing, directory and operator services. The venture got off the ground with a $250,000 small-business loan from the Royal Bank of Canada.

After nearly a year of working the phones to pitch his services to potential customers, Lacavera had enough of a client list to embark on a $1.4-million equity financing. He targeted high-net-worth individuals, even securing cash from the late CRTC chairman Charles Dalfen. He also learned very quickly what investors want to hear: never oversell or undersell the opportunity, and be consistent with the message. Canopco hit its first major hurdle a few years later when the tech bubble burst and 11 of its first 12 customers imploded. The company intensified its focus on providing similar services to hotels, and pulled through the crash.

Lacavera created Globalive in 2003, absorbing Canopco and building a going concern of telecom services through a handful of brands. The most well-known is Yak, a discount provider of home phone and Internet. He purchased the company, then-publicly traded, for $76 million after a relentless seven-month pursuit in 2006.

Yak was bleeding cash, and analysts credit Globalive for stitching the wound. It’s difficult to know for sure how successful it has been because the operation is private. But the fact that Yak is still around is a testament to the Globalive team, according to Iain Grant, managing director of telecom consultants the SeaBoard Group in Montreal. “They’ve got the tenacity and the staying power for a market that has not seen many survive,” he says. Grant credits the company’s success in part to its brash marketing campaigns.

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How to Use a Virtual Assistant in Your Business

How to Use a Virtual Assistant in Your Business

August 17th, 2009 (9:00am) Amber Riviere

In an earlier post, I mentioned using a virtual assistant (VA) to help with my work so that I could free myself to focus on more important tasks, including taking much-needed time off. Many readers asked who I used for virtual assistant services, and one reader asked for an post on how I use VAs. So I thought I’d share my experience, as it might help you in your own business.

VAs have been very effective in helping me get things done, while freeing me to focus on other, more important, areas of my life and business. Here are a few things to ask yourself before hiring a VA. Continue Reading »

 

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