From cnet:
Is Google ready–or willing–to become a library?
Librarians, academics, and privacy advocates will gather Friday on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley to discuss the implications of Google’s proposed settlement with publishers that, if implemented, will allow it to bring millions of books online.
At issue are concerns over privacy, quality, and Google’s intent with the project, the only one of its kind in the U.S. to receive the legal authority to scan books that are out of print but under copyright protection–estimated by the Internet Archive to comprise 50 percent to 70 percent of all books published since 1923.
Following the conference, video of the sessions will be available online, for those who were unable to attend.