哈佛大学图书馆馆长罗伯特·达顿已经提出了不同于谷歌的备选方案：在研究图书馆联盟之外，建立由联盟基金资助的数字公共图书馆。
Robert Darnton, Director of the Harvard University Library, has proposed an alternative to Google’s plans: a digital public library, funded by a coalition of foundations, working in tandem with a coalition of research libraries.