"The new service will considerably increase public access to millions of books containing much of the world's written knowledge and ideas and will transform how the public conducts research, interacts with written text and shares information and ideas with others," CDT President Leslie Harris said in a press release. Libraries have a long history of protecting reader privacy and safeguarding the right to read anonymously; the report highlights how Google -- which helps fund CDT's work -- can best adapt to its new role as traditional library functions are centralized and moved online, the analysis stated. Read the report here (PDF).