Mass digitization and OA

The US Government National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) has released a new report, Mass Digitization: Implications for Information Policy, May 9, 2006. The report is based on the meeting at the University of Michigan, Scholarship and Libraries in Transition: A Dialogue about the Impacts of Mass Digitization Projects (Ann Arbor, March 10-11, 2006). From the executive summary:

7. What business models are needed in the era of mass digitization? How will the open access movement affect the economics of digitization? The business model for access to valuable information that has evolved is not "pay-per-view"—what has evolved instead is either free or advertiser-supported information. This model appears to be continuing with the Google and other mass digitization projects. Open access is another model promoted by some, but others question the sustainability of that model.