I sent my local library an email a couple of months ago about digital lending and got the following reply:
Quote:
Thank you for your enquiry. By now all British public library
authorities are considering or have introduced E-book loan systems. What
slows down the process is, of course, the lack of a standard format.
It's like VHS/Betamax/Philips again.
A swift look at the history of public libraries shows that they have
always been ahead of the private sector in new technology service
provision. Over the years we have supplied gramophone records,
photocopying, films, videotape, CD, DVD, on-line resources, Telex, fax,
computer access (usually free) and Internet services.
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Which I thought was kinda promising. I sent them another email today saying that I was still eagerly awaiting implementation
