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I think a library should be whatever the folks paying for it want it to be. If people have a problem with what they carry they should complain about it. Our local system didn't start doing ebooks until much later than some, but now do it with gusto (almost 30K titles) because a lot of folks asked for it.
I don't know if they still do, but our local library system used to even have framed artwork for checkout that you could bring home and hang on your wall for a given time period. They've been doing movies since the VHS/Beta wars and music since the days when vinyl, 8 tracks and cassette tapes were popular. They're also a major source of computer access for some folks. |
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Providing access to current best-sellers, whether paper or eBook, is arguably the public library equivalent of football for a research university. It brings in donations, but doesn't have much to do with the core mission of creating knowledge (in the case of the research university) or literacy promotion (in the case of the library). Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 03-02-2012 at 08:21 PM. |
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I believe Overdrive is being ornery about transfers, and the libraries need to be on top of that -- and, I suspect, will not be to Overdrive's benefit as competing services pick up steam. Quote:
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The costs of the public good of library services should not be borne primarily by the publishers, but by the government that wants to provide those services. |
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Why should libraries get the shaft just because some publishers are greedy, self-serving, living in the past, and have their heads up their rectums when it comes to digital media?
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A valid point if true, however I believe that many of the e-book providers only allow a limited number of "checkout's" of a e-book file before it has to be re-purchased. |
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03-03-2012, 12:40 PM | #41 |
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pbook libraries are going to be around for a while longer....at the expense of greatly increased costs for consumers and toll on the environment.
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Random House did that; AFAICT, that policy has gone out the window with the new price increases.
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03-03-2012, 01:46 PM | #43 |
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How kind of them: We'll just screw you once big time, and stop screwing you a little at a time. Geeze, what a scam.
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If you know of a way for indie publishers TO sell to libraries, feel free to tell the rest of us. Right now there's not an infrastructure in place that I'm aware of -- and I've been trying.
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03-03-2012, 08:56 PM | #45 |
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Frankly, I'd be in favor of nationalizing all libraries and mandating that if anyone wants to register a copyright of an eBook with Copyright.gov, they have to provide a single license for the national library for perpetuity.
Tax money could go to buying more licenses of popular things on demand. But if the government is going to enforce and protect copyright -- and I think it should, to a point -- then there should be some give from the copyright owners for the betterment of society. /radical hippie liberal over here. |
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