Pack up your research bags, put those learning projects on hold, wipe down the counters and lock the library doors. Microsoft is going to do it all for you. That's the message of this press release issued today by Alacritude, the company behind eLibrary. The gist? "eLibrary will be offered through the next version of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2003... The new agreement enables Microsoft Office 2003 customers to conduct extensive research without leaving their Microsoft Office applications... eLibrary search results can appear in a 'research panel' within a Microsoft Office 2003 document and include article abstracts from newspapers, newswires, magazines, journals and transcripts, as well as relevant information from maps, photos and reference sources... The eLibrary service includes 13 million documents from over 1,000 sources - premium information that can’t be found elsewhere for free online." The implications of this announcement are staggering because it gives a certain group of publishers exclusive access to a vast (paid) readership - and completely shuts out any writer not willing to give up their copyright to a publisher for a piece of the pie.
Today: 6 Total: 86 [Direct link] [Share]
