Classics Of Social Sciences

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Classics of Social Science is a digital library based in Saguenay , province of Quebec , in Canada. It is one of the largest virtual libraries specialized sciences. His files are in word processing and downloadable for free. The main goal of this library is to promote access to the intellectual heritage and scientific culture in Quebec.

The founder and volunteer director of the library is Jean-Marie Tremblay , a professor of sociology at the Department of Humanities Cgep de Chicoutimi.

Description

This digital library project brings together many scholars, mostly in the humanities. In 2009, after more than 100,000 hours of work by many volunteers, the library provides approximately 4,000 full-text works, all freely available and freely around the world ^History

In 2000 , the library was founded with the support of the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi. The latter provides all the logistics (books, borrowing books, bookbinding damaged, specialized loan) needed for its development.

In 2008 , it consists of about 4000 works and is visited by just over 2 million unique visitors ^Conflicts

PUF

This website has generated much debate when Presses Universitaires de France (PUF) were threatened with prosecution because he works housed in the public domain in Canada, but whose copyrights belong to the publisher in France. The PUF have dropped their threats following, among others, to support many users .

Wikisource

Jean-Marie Tremblay accused some contributors Wikisource having "looted" some text, passed in the public domain and digitized by a team of volunteers Classics of Social Sciences, by putting them on-line in HTML on their website ^, . Jean-Marie Tremblay speaks of flights and advance an application for permission must be submitted before copying these texts treated by volunteers from his team so they are available digitally. Contributors Wikisource defendants believe that Jean-Marie Tremblay has no right to such texts as the numeric formatting is not covered by copyright as opposed, for example, the translation or the film adaptation of a work. The online protest was withdrawn in early 2010 after a collaboration between contributors of both projects.

Recognitions

The founder of the library has received the Award of Merit Regional Scientific Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean in 2005.

Asked by the newspaper Le Devoir on the works of the Internet that could be described as masterpieces, the philosopher Jacques Dufresne has appointed two, Classics of Social Sciences .

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