NPR: “E-books are Expensive For Libraries. Some States are Trying to Change That”
For years, libraries have complained about how expensive it is for them to license eBooks. Now, several states are considering legislation to bring the cost down.
The segment runs about about four minutes and features comments from:
- Jonathan Band (policybandwidth; Library Copyright Alliance)
- Kyle Courtney (Copyright Advisor and Program Manager at the Harvard Library Office for Scholarly Communications)
Filed under: Libraries, News, Scholarly Communications
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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