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Originally Posted by webroot
So far Public & school libraries have shown least progress in eBook adoption (about 5%),
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Really? I hadn't noticed.
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librarian mostly blame publishers for their inflexible "eBook Licensing" that are very expensive, baffling checkout schemes (like 26 checkout before it expire),
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That would make them more expensive for the library, yes -- but IME they buy them anyway.
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create difficulties in sharing,
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By "sharing" do you mean criminal activity, commonly known as "petty theft" or "piracy"?
If I may make a suggestion -- MobileRead has a very strong anti-piracy policy. I would try to avoid sounding like I approved of blatant copyright infringement.
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and do not guarantee long term preserv-ability due to DRM.
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Is this something new? But in the case of libraries, that isn't actually a problem. The books
should be bound to a management system, otherwise how do you connect books to patrons? How do you end the checkout?
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I am thinking if eBook adoption gets a boost in libraries what will be the role of libraries both independent and school based? Other than website administrator for their 3M or Overdrive account management what will they do (I am not saying print will go anytime soon, so they will have work),
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I have checked out all my pbooks myself for years and years now, it's called "self-checkout". It hasn't obsoleted librarians.
Librarians are not just clerks.
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publishers at least do have the copyright ownership for their eBooks for a sufficient future, but as nobody really need to visit libraries and when they go digital they must be scaled down drastically.
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I'm sorry, can you tell me what that sentence was supposed to mean?
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What do you think, friction in eBook adoption in schools is causes by both publishers as well libraries?
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I thought we were talking about libraries? Where do schools come in????