MORE 'ROUNDUP' POSTS
More Libraries and Librarians Weigh In On eBook Lending Limits (Roundup 2)
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup, School Libraries
All but one of the articles linked in this post were published on May 7th and May 8th. + “Open Letter to HarperCollins” (From the San Rafael Public Library, via Librarian in Black) + “Maine libraries upset about HarperCollins’ eBook lending limits” (via The Forecaster, Portland Maine) Maine InfoNet Executive Director James Sanborn said the […]
Cory Doctorow On "eBooks: Durability is a Feature, Not a Bug"
| Jobs, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports, Roundup
Cory Doctorow, author, free-speech/info access zealot, a very mportant friend of libraries/librarians, and an editor at BoingBoing, has had an article about ebooks and the HarperCollins situation published in The Guardian. Here are a few sentences from Doctorow’s must read column: “Ebooks have loads of demerits, especially as they are marketed to libraries. They are […]
Paul Biba at TeleRead.org has reprinted (with permission of course) a commentary by publishing industry veteran, Martin Taylor, that originally appeared as a post in Taylor’s eReport. Here’s Several Sentences From the Lengthy Commentary: The fact is that rightsholders do have serious concerns and librarians have not managed to address them. They won’t do it […]
You can access the latest issue of Peter Suber’s “must read” monthly newsletter here. Even if you or your colleagues are not directly involved with open access issues it’s still important to be aware of current open access issues. Suber’s newsletter is an ideal way to do this. Articles in the March 2011 Issue Include: […]
Roundup: What's the Mainstream Press Writing About the HarperCollins Story?
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup
UPDATED (Saturday, March 4, 2011): + “Publisher puts new limits on library e-books” (via Chicago Tribune) “This strikes at the heart of what we do,” said Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey, who described electronic media as the new virtual library. “With limited financial resources affecting all libraries across America, people are asking, ‘Why would […]
