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E veryone seems to agree that the Google settlement announced in October 2008 represents a milestone of some kind in the development of access to information, but there is a wide spectrum of views about whether, overall, this is a good thing or a bad thing as far as the general public interest is concerned. Publishers appear to be as mixed in their opinions as librarians. A lively debate is ongoing over the libli-cense listserv on the merits of the settlement. Rick Anderson, in a posting on January 23, prefers to accent the positive: " Look at what the Google settlement has done: the general public now has far better (though still imperfect) access to vastly more literary and scientific writing than it ever has had before. This access is, by any sane definition of the term, free. (More comprehensive access is available at a price, but what's available at no charge is still amazing.) Even better, the content to which we now have access is, for the first time ever, fully searchable, and we can get it from our homes and around the clock. Better still, the public has paid virtually nothing in return for what it now gets. " To the skeptics, he says: " Sometimes I think we've actually made an art out of letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. " Ann Okerson, in her posting on December 17, also finds " commendable aspects " in the settlement and points out: " What I hear from readers is that they are waiting for the day when a click on a library catalog entry will take them directly to the full text of the item and speed up their ability to get information and do research. The Google partnerships and projects bring us closer to a version of that day, much sooner than we could have imagined even five years ago. Is this good? Yes. " Bernie Sloan, replying to Okerson on December 20, observes: " Sure, people are better off than they were five years ago as far as getting online access to book-based info. And that's a good thing. I don't think the critics are necessarily opposed to Google Book Search per se. I think the critics are wondering whether the 'settlement' is a step forward or a step back in the journey towards reaching Ann's goal. " Bonnie Klein worries, in her …

From the University Presses -- The Google Settlement: Boon, Boondoggle, or Mixed Blessing?