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UK: Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) Publishes Position Statement on E-Book Lending in Libraries

Filed by on August 1, 2012

The full text of the position statement from the The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) is available here.

The discussion is organized into seven sections:

1. Licensing Models

2. Library Membership and Access to E-Books

3. Digital Rights Management

4. Purchase or Licensing Model

5. Fee or Free

6. Models of Access and Remote Downloading

7. The Public Library Offer in the E-Book Marketplace

Direct to Full Text of Position Statement

See Also: Call to Move libraries Into 21st century’ Sparks Ebook Lending review (via The Guardian; July 19, 2012)

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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