When Google challenged Europe (in defense of its rise)

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Features: Since Google launched the GooglePrintPublishers program in October 2004, Jean-No?l Jeanneney, the director of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, pointed out the dangers and challenges this program posed to different cultures and called for the preservation of cultural diversity worldwide, defending the cultures of various countries and regions. In the digitization efforts of different nations, he offered his own opinions and suggestions on issues such as free collaboration, national funding support, the selection of specific technologies and standards for digitization, the long-term preservation of digital resources, and the management of digitization projects. After Google proposed its plan to digitize printed books, this book put forward initiatives on how to defend local cultures and maintain global cultural diversity. Google, the world's largest search engine, plans to build the world's largest online library by 2015, and the European Union views this plan as a cultural invasion of Europe by the United States. In this polemical booklet, Jean-No?l Jeanneney strongly responds to Google's plan and calls for the preservation of cultural diversity worldwide and the defense of the cultures of various countries and regions. Although this booklet was initially aimed at French readers, its topic is relevant to the entire world. As Jeanneney said in the preface to the Chinese edition, "Here, I want to reiterate to my Chinese readers that our efforts are not just for the benefit of Europe. In this new venture of digital libraries, Europe can learn from and collaborate with China, India, the Arab world, Latin America, and other regions of the world. Such exchanges benefit all of humanity."