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Available here. A snippet -- LJ: "You've been critical of Google's library partnerships. What is Google doing right and/or wrong?" BK: "Two problems: one is perpetual restrictions on the public domain. Another is that these negotiations are all going on in secret."

Well, it's new to me, but it's been around since April: Alastair Dunning, Programme Manager for the JISC Digitisation Programme, has started a blog called "Available Online," which will undoubtedly be of interest to readers of Digitizationblog.

That's a lot of money. This announcement provides the details.

The koLibRI digital preservation tool, developed by German National Library, the Goettingen State and University Library, the Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Goettingen, and IBM Deutschland GmbH, is now available for download. From the web page: